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Bowie knife

[boh-ee, boo-ee] / ˈboʊ i, ˈbu i /
NOUN
hunting knife
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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 ● 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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