Plural of bodkin; multiple pointed tools, or multiple daggers or insignificant people (used in the plural sense).
Regular plural formation of 'bodkin' using the '-s' suffix. All the etymological roots apply to the singular form, simply multiplied.
The plural 'bodkins' appears frequently in accounts of medieval sewing rooms and tailors' workshops—a craftsperson might own several, each sharpened for different thread weights, showing how specialized tools were in pre-industrial work.
Plural of bodkin; inherits the gender erasure of women's tool-use and craft mastery in textile trades.
Credit women bodkin-makers and seamstresses when discussing textile tools and their innovation.
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