1. plural of bodkin: sharp, pointed instruments used for making holes in fabric or leather
2. plural of bodkin: large blunt needles used for drawing tape or cord through loops or hems
3. plural of bodkin: long hairpins or ornamental pins
Usage: archaic

Examples

• She kept several bodkins in her sewing kit for different tasks.
• The tailor used bodkins to punch precise holes in the leather.
• Threading the elastic through the waistband required special bodkins.
• The seamstress reached for her bodkins to draw the ribbon through the casing.
• Antique bodkins were often made of ivory or bone.
• Her grandmother’s sewing box contained various bodkins and needles.