The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #172746 Message #4190647
Posted By: Rapparee
11-Oct-23 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Words that should be reintroduced :-)
Subject: RE: BS: Words that should be reintroduced :-)
Bodkin. Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1. A bodkin was, long before it was a needle, a long thing dagger. Also a particular arrow point. Here's a fairly recent bodkin.