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Bowie knife   /bˈoʊi naɪf/   Listen
Bowie knife

noun
1.
A stout hunting knife with a single edge.





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"Bowie knife" Quotes from Famous Books



... be carried such carpenter's tools as a hand- saw, auger, gimblet, chisel, shaving-knife, &c., an axe, hammer, and hatchet. The last weapon every man should have in his belt, with a hunter's or a bowie knife. ...
— The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California • Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
... porter and the brakeman came running in to see whether it was a political discussion or just a murder. All the old lady could do was to mumble and hunt for her teeth. A man across the aisle swore that he saw Lehman stab the old lady with a bowie knife and throw her out into the aisle. The woman with the baby corroborated him, excepting that she thought he hit her with ...
— Continuous Vaudeville • Will M. Cressy


Words linked to "Bowie knife" :   knife


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