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Recent Examples of bodkin
The bodkins were helpful tools that could double as hairpins.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022
Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022
Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.
—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodkin
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
Noun
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Kaliyah Morales added 14 points, including the dagger with six seconds left, giving NSU a 78-74 lead.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Then Miles knocked down a dagger 3-pointer just before the shot clock expired as TCU took a 68-57 lead with 2 minutes, 47 seconds remaining.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The lens ships with a petal-style hood that ratchets on or off the front bayonet with a twist and can be reversed for easier storage and transport, front and rear caps, and a drawstring pouch.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It was meant to look like a stiletto blade from the Renaissance period, when the banking families were literally fighting each other to create these fonts of generational wealth.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 52-year-old star accessorized with black pointy-toed stiletto slides, a thigh-grazing brown fluffy coat, and a small black bag.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a lot of the openings, there’s always a scene in the kitchen with a knife.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Mar. 2026
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The younger Hight grabbed a kitchen knife, and Jackson drew his gun.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody at the scene, and authorities recovered the weapon, described as a folding pocketknife.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Richardson was originally charged in Orange County with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a felony count of possessing a dirk or dagger, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Cite this Entry
“Bodkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodkin. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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