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How to pronounce bodkin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms threader
Type of hand tool
Type Words
Synonyms poniard
Type of dagger, sticker
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Type of hand tool
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Type of hairpin

Examples of bodkin

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Bodkin has been with the paper since 1980, and became design director in 1987.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Bodkin also questions the causal link suggested between TV viewing and dream content.
From the newscientist.com
Bodkin is an Assistant Managing Editor and oversees design and layout for the newspaper.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bodkin has performed all over the nation, with stops at the White House and Lincoln Center.
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Bodkin also works with his Senior Art Director, Steven Heller.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bodkin points are short, rigid points with a small cross-section.
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In a modern test, a direct hit from a hard steel bodkin point penetrated Damascus chain armour.
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Bodkin, The Times's chief creative officer, is leading a redesign of its Web site, in part to make it easier to navigate.
From the publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com
It was the practice of the archers to place a bead of beeswax on the point of the armour-piercing bodkin arrow head.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Poniard: a dagger with a slender blade
  • Formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
  • A small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
  • A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
  • A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance. ...
  • (bodkins) Flat needles, sometimes used for sewing ribbon or for decorative purposes.
  • A medieval type of arrowhead designed to shoot through protective chainmail or armour usually worn by Knights.
  • This is a long, thick needle with a ballpoint end and a large, elongated eye. They can be flat or round and are generally used for threading elastic, ribbon or tape through casings and lace openings.
  • A pointed tool used to pierce holes, usually in textiles.