bodikin
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
bodikin (plural bodikins)
- A diminutive of body, forming part of the exclamatory phrase "Odd's bodikin", a corruption of God's body.
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II.
- Odd's bodikin, man, better: use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II.
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol 1, p0608, bodikin