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Bowie knife

noun as in hunting knife

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

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“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.”

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George felt like he had to show something in return, so he took out his good-luck charm, the bowie knife Papa had given him for his ninth birthday.

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A bowie knife with an elk-horn handle.

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“Like the Bowie Knife which was commonly carried by citizens and soldiers in the 1800s, ‘assault weapons’ are dangerous, but useful.

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