Bowie knife

Example Sentences

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Clay’s outspokenness put his life at constant risk; he traveled with a set of pistols and a Bowie knife strapped to his chest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lincoln’s secretary, John Hay, described Clay on a visit to the White House, wearing “with a sublimely unconscious air, three pistols and an Arkansas toothpick”—his Bowie knife.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I was expecting him to blaze up on a Harley with a Bowie knife in his boot.”

From Salon

“Like the Bowie Knife which was commonly carried by citizens and soldiers in the 1800s,” Benitez wrote at the start of his decision, “ ‘assault weapons’ are dangerous, but useful.”

From Los Angeles Times

A bowie knife with an elk-horn handle.

From Literature