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bolo

[boh-loh] / ˈboʊ loʊ /
NOUN
bolo tie
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NOUN
machete
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The groom wore a bespoke mallard green suit and ornate bolo tie for the ceremony, per Vogue, while the bride rocked some 5-inch Louboutin heels under her Oscar de la Renta gown.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Perhaps the most confounding person on the list is Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Coloradan who, according to the Times, would wear bolo ties and “roar… around town on a highly accessorized Harley-Davidson.”

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2022

"More than anything my TikTok is a work tool," said Novoa, who also sells bolo through his channel.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022

Ms. Peltola appeared to be wearing a beaded bolo tie that belonged to Mr. Young, after his daughter gave it to her during the recent Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

“Thanks,” he said, fiddling with the boot slider on his bolo tie and looking at the ground nervously.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Campbell wore his hair in a salt-and-pepper ponytail; fashioned traditional, Native American jewelry on the side; and eschewed neckties, de rigueur for Senate attire, in favor of bolos when appearing on the floor.

From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2020

He wore bolos and flannel shirts and polyester pants.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018

And I did recently rip into my own grandmother for buying Thomas' English Muffins when she has a local bakery nearby making artisan Portuguese bolos — which everyone knows is better!

From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 27, 2010

There were a few shrieks, and bolos whizzed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile the boy outside climbed a tall palm, and soon the glade was resounding with the whacks of bolos and the crash of coconuts tumbling to the ground.

From Caybigan by James Hopper

"I'd rather be boloed than tell you," he said.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

You've been boloed on outpost and gone to heaven, and you don't know it.'

From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly


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