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Recent Examples of bodkinIcke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022 Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.—Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
For the occasion, the office of the local governor had prepared an elaborate ceremony, with a military band and an honor guard standing at attention, the bayonets of their rifles glinting in the sun.
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Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
Striking miners were astonished to discover soldiers from the U.S. Army disembarking from train cars, their bayonets glittering in the frosty air.
The look was finished off with a white coat draped over her shoulders, ankle-strap stilettos, and oversized sunglasses.
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Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Mix and match it with a variety of shirt and jacket combinations, such as a snug white tee and jean jacket; complete the look with sneakers, sandals, or stiletto booties.
Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Authorities were called to a residence there, near Harrison Avenue and West Bridger Street, the evening of April 5 to investigate a report of a physical disturbance involving a person with a knife.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Carry concealed dirk or dagger – 400 block of Santa Fe Drive, 11:12 a.m.
DUI – 0 block of La Costa Avenue, 3:32 a.m.
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Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.
The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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