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How to pronounce “bodkin”
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Pronunciation guide for bodkin
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bodkin with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames
like, I've got a pewter bodkin with someone's initials.
- Definition summary
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce bodkin
Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames

like, I've got a pewter bodkin with someone's initials.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bodkin”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- [Adverb]
- Closely wedged between two people.
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