Bowie knife

Example Sentences

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“I came down the chimney with a bowie knife between my teeth because this bear was stalking Colbert,” he said, referring to the late-night host Stephen Colbert.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Mr. Davies laid out a map of Arkansas on a heavy wooden table in his office; a shiny silver bowie knife in a shadow box was displayed nearby.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2014

David Bowie Is V&A, London SW7 Starts 23 MarchUntil 11 August 020-7942 2000 Venue details David Bowie: An 18in bowie knife … you don't do things by halves do you?

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013

This is zero-unemployment-speak for "All the upwardly failing executives have jobs, and we figured you wouldn't vomit at the bowie knife thing."

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s a bowie knife, like Texan scythes use,” Goddard told him.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman