bodkin

Examples of bodkin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022 Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017

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“Bodkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodkin. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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