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bodikins

bodikins is the plural of bodikin.

Meaning of bodikin

Noun

bodikin (plural bodikins)

  1. (obsolete) A 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...

Phrases with bodikins

Questions about bodikins

What is bodikins the plural of?
Bodikins is the plural of bodikin.

Words near bodikins in the dictionary

  1. Bodiford
  2. Bodifords
  3. bodig
  4. bodihood
  5. bodikin
  6. bodikins
  7. bodiless
  8. bodilessly
  9. bodilessness
  10. bodilily
  11. bodiliness

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