Bowie knife
Example Sentences
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Lincoln’s secretary, John Hay, described Clay on a visit to the White House, wearing “with a sublimely unconscious air, three pistols and an Arkansas toothpick”—his Bowie knife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
“I was expecting him to blaze up on a Harley with a Bowie knife in his boot.”
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025
Edwin Washington Edwards was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Avoyelles Parish, where the Bowie knife was invented and Cajun music filled the air.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021
Such materials went into the Trade Center Bowie knife, made to commemorate lives lost to the 9/11 attacks.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2015
He spied the ascot beneath the flight jacket, the cartridge belt criss-crossing his torso, the Bowie knife, and the crowning touch, a World War I Von Richtofen flying cap.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
