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bradawl

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brad·awl  (brdôl)
n.
An awl with a beveled tip, used to make holes in wood for brads or screws.
bradawl [ˈbrædˌɔːl]
n
(Engineering / Tools) an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc
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Noun1.bradawl - an awl for making small holes for brads or small screwsbradawl - an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
pricker
awl - a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
Translations
bradawl
n → Ahle f, → Pfriem m
bradawl [ˈbrædˌɔːl] n → punteruolo
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Suiting the action to the word, he thrust her rather suddenly and prematurely into a chair, and designing to reassure her by a little harmless jocularity, such as is adapted to please and fascinate the sex, converted his right forefinger into an ideal bradawl or gimlet, and made as though he would screw the same into her side-- whereat Miss Miggs shrieked again, and evinced symptoms of faintness.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
I wish I wos behind him vith a bradawl,' muttered the long one.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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