| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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To ride bodkin. To ride in a carriage between two others, the accommodation being only for two. | 1 |
 Dr. Payne says that bodkin in this sense is a contraction of bodykin, a
little body, which may be squeezed into a small space. | 2 |
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“If you can bodkin the sweet creature into the coach.”—Gibbon. |
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“There is hardly room between Jos and Miss Sharp, who are on the front seat, Mr. Osborne sitting bodkin opposite, between Captain Dobbin and Amelia.”—Thackeray: Vanity Fair. |
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