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Bowie knife

[boh-ee, boo-ee] / ˈboʊ i, ˈbu i /
NOUN
hunting knife
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David Bowie Is V&A, London SW7 Starts 23 MarchUntil 11 August 020-7942 2000 Venue details David Bowie: An 18in bowie knife … you don't do things by halves do you?

From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013

He even uses it as the model for a pike, essentially a bowie knife at the end of a six-foot pole.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2012

Pate loses and retreats, but leaves behind his bowie knife, which then John Brown finds and makes his own.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2012

San Francisco The Knife That Black Built Sir: In the June 20 issue there appears your report on the bowie knife along with a request for one from the King of Iraq .

From Time Magazine Archive

Even though a big part of Citra wanted to bolt through the door and run from this, she squared her shoulders, stood tall, reached down, and took the bowie knife.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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