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Bowie knife

noun as in hunting knife

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Political dignity transfigured the village out of its buckskin and bowie-knife existence, into a leisurely civic siesta.

Her right fingers are closed round the handle of a large bowie-knife, which is covered with blood; parts of the left are missing.

He rode in before breakfast and at the appointed hour he was promptly on hand armed with a brace of pistols and a bowie knife.

While the other four were looking around through the city for a purchaser, Dan was guarding me with his bowie knife and pistols.

I had no weapon of defence but a long bowie knife which I had slipped from the Deacon.

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On this page you'll find 2 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Bowie knife, such as: arkansas toothpick, and missouri toothpick.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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