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bowie knife Definition


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bowie knife
noun
    1. A strong single-edged curved sheath-knife with a blade about twelve inches long.
Etymology: 19c: named after the US adventurer Colonel James Bowie (1790‐1836) who popularized and perhaps invented it.



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