bow|ie knife

bow|ie knife
bow|ie knife «BOH ee, BOO-»,
a long, single-edged hunting knife carried in a sheath. A bowie knife has a blade from 10 to 15 inches long, curved near the point.
[American English < Colonel James Bowie, 1799-1836, American pioneer, the supposed inventor or popularizer]

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