bodkins

Spikes and bodkins of polished bone or petrified shell were thrust through their noses.

A SON OF THE SUN 2010

Out of the unknown, from the somewhere and something else, too unconditional for him to know any of the conditions, instantly they appeared, full-statured, walking about Meringe Plantation with loin-cloths about their middles and bone bodkins through their noses, and being put to work by Mister

Chapter 1 2010

The arrowhead itself was of a fluted, three-edged design and had much in common with medieval bodkins I had seen illustrated in museum catalogs years ago.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

The arrowhead itself was of a fluted, three-edged design and had much in common with medieval bodkins I had seen illustrated in museum catalogs years ago.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

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Putting your bodkins in one basket Maxine 2008

But one might hovel to the market place and ask "Is anyone here given of so keen an eye as to get at the odd bodkins of the gist?", past the mean human avarage?

An Idiot is Never Worth Your Time or More Mythomania for Your Buck An Idiot is Never Worth Your Time or More Mythomania for 2010

Also all kinds of cutting tools, measuring tools, marking tools, extra machine needles, --and bodkins are a must-have.

Gifts for People Who Love to Sew - A Dress A Day 2009

Another very curious interpretation without pictures of the artefacts in question is mention of mid-seventeenth c. bodkins with an earscoop at one end: Those ... can be quite large, sometimes more than seven inches long, sometimes with an ear-spoon or earscoop at one end.

Book talk - Mary C. Beaudry: Findings a stitch in time 2009

Actually, the very first hit that comes up on google search when typing "nalebinding needle" is a shop that sells different needles and bodkins well suited for the technique.

Archive 2009-10-01 a stitch in time 2009

Od's bodkins, ndm but verily I speake the truth, just as sure as Sir Massie, he of the curious barnet, blows hot and harde from his asse-trumpet and passes off such noxious gusts as knightly wisdom.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009