bodikin

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noun

A small body; forming part of the exclamatory phrase "ods bodikins".

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Meanings

nounbodikin (plural bodikins)

plural bodikins · alternative bodykin

  1. obsoleteA small body; forming part of the exclamatory phrase "ods bodikins".

    Odd's bodikin, man, better: use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
noun

alternative bodykin

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bodkin.

Origin

From body + -kin.

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APA

bodikin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodikin

MLA

“bodikin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodikin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bodikin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodikin.

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