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bolo

[boh-loh] / ˈboʊ loʊ /
NOUN
bolo tie
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NOUN
machete
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Often, stones and minerals collected by rockhounds are turned into pendants, bolo ties, rings, bookends and colorful spheres.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2023

Perhaps the most confounding person on the list is Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Coloradan who, according to the Times, would wear bolo ties and “roar… around town on a highly accessorized Harley-Davidson.”

From Slate Dec. 9, 2022

"More than anything my TikTok is a work tool," said Novoa, who also sells bolo through his channel.

From Reuters Nov. 12, 2022

Ms. Peltola appeared to be wearing a beaded bolo tie that belonged to Mr. Young, after his daughter gave it to her during the recent Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2022

When Luke looked at Ricky, he realized he was wearing a pair of pressed blue jeans and a button-up cowboy shirt, complete with bolo tie.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Campbell wore his hair in a salt-and-pepper ponytail; fashioned traditional, Native American jewelry on the side; and eschewed neckties, de rigueur for Senate attire, in favor of bolos when appearing on the floor.

From Fox News Jul. 8, 2020

He wore bolos and flannel shirts and polyester pants.

From The New Yorker Jul. 30, 2018

And I did recently rip into my own grandmother for buying Thomas' English Muffins when she has a local bakery nearby making artisan Portuguese bolos — which everyone knows is better!

From Chicago Tribune Dec. 27, 2010

There were a few shrieks, and bolos whizzed.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the string of hombres, with their bolos slung about their waists, making for the mountains, reminds the planter that he must be getting on.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert

"I'd rather be boloed than tell you," he said.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

You've been boloed on outpost and gone to heaven, and you don't know it.'

From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly




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