bodkin

Plural: bodkins

Noun

• 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 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.
• 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.
• pl. -S a sharp instrument

Adv

• Closely wedged between two people.

Examples

• "to sit bodkin"

Synonyms

poniard, threader