bodkin

🇺🇸 /ˈbɑːdkɪn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbɒdkɪn/
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A large, thick needle without a point, used for sewing heavy materials.

To sew the thick canvas, she threaded a piece of yarn through the eye of a bodkin.

translation

n. A large, thick needle without a point, used for sewing heavy materials.

Word Forms

Plural bodkins