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Bowie knife

[boh-ee, boo-ee] / ˈboʊ i, ˈbu i /
NOUN
hunting knife
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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 Dec. 3, 2025

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

From Salon Sep. 12, 2025

Edwin Washington Edwards was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Avoyelles Parish, where the Bowie knife was invented and Cajun music filled the air.

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2021

Such materials went into the Trade Center Bowie knife, made to commemorate lives lost to the 9/11 attacks.

From Washington Times Aug. 3, 2015

He spied the ascot beneath the flight jacket, the cartridge belt criss-crossing his torso, the Bowie knife, and the crowning touch, a World War I Von Richtofen flying cap.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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