bodkin
Example Sentences
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In fact, that “serpent of old Nile” — Shakespeare’s phrase — probably used Egyptian cobra venom, possibly secreted in a hollow bodkin that she carried wound in her hair.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2016
In the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, fardels is replaced, but the word bodkin remains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even on Miss Mansfield, I can't imagine anything less interesting than a "bare bodkin."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I expect all the ladies to know what a bodkin is," says Rowse in the general introduction to his edition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her little slender fingers were busy mending rents in gaudy gowns, sewing beads on high collars, and curling feathers with a large bodkin.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Marshall, Emma
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