"Let us have some fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.
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Bodkin
//ˈbɒdkɪn//
Synonyms for "bodkin" (9 found)
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Translations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- губерка noun (blunt needle)
- шило noun (pointed tool)
Dutch
1 entries- priem noun (pointed tool)
Finnish
3 entries- bodkin-kärki noun (type of arrowhead)
- naskali noun (pointed tool)
- pujotusneula noun (blunt needle)
Irish
1 entries- meana noun (pointed tool)
Māori
1 entries- auwai noun (blunt needle)
Old Swedish
2 entries- fyrægger noun (type of arrowhead)
- treægger noun (type of arrowhead)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ابره noun (pointed tool)
Swedish
2 entries- fyreggare noun (type of arrowhead)
- treeggare noun (type of arrowhead)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
As with compulsory Sunday worship, death for blasphemy was for the third offence. A bodkin, a large blunt needle, was thrust through the tongue for the second offence.
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A rich, flushed colour—large black eyes—teeth that shone from their brilliant whiteness—a slender shape—and most minute feet, in such little shoes of Cordova leather—a silver chain round her neck, to which hung a medal of the Madonna—a dark-brown boddice and short skirt, relieved by a lacing of scarlet riband—long black hair, bound in one large plait round the head, and fastened by a silver bodkin.
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When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
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