"bradawl" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36",
          "text": "‘I wish I wos behind him vith a bradawl,’ muttered the long one."
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          "ref": "2016 January 30, Jeff Howell, “Swinging doors: it's not open and shut”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property), page 15:",
          "text": "For the first adjustment [to a door that keeps swinging open], you might need to remove the screws from the frame, move the hinge slightly, and then make new screw holes with a bradawl and reinsert the screws.",
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          "sense": "A tool used for making holes",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɹædɔːl/"
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