Definition of bowie knife
: a stout single-edged hunting knife with part of the back edge curved concavely to a point and sharpened
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Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.
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During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.
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Origin and Etymology of bowie knife
James Bowie
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