bodkin
noun/ˈbɒdkɪn/
/ˈbɑːdkɪn/
- a thick needle with no pointWord OriginMiddle English: perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Irish bod, Welsh bidog, Scottish Gaelic biodag ‘dagger’.
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