bowie knife

bow·ie knife | \ ˈbü-ē-

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How to pronounce bowie knife (audio)

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Definition of bowie knife

: a stout single-edged hunting knife with part of the back edge curved concavely to a point and sharpened

Examples of bowie knife in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "The original Grizzly Adams kept his bears on a chain in SF," 7 July 2018 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. — Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, "Deborah Carrington, 58, Dies; Actress and Stuntwoman," 29 Mar. 2018

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“Bowie knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowie%20knife. Accessed 17 Jan. 2021.

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