BOWIE-KNIFE
\bˈə͡ʊinˈa͡ɪf], \bˈəʊinˈaɪf], \b_ˈəʊ_i_n_ˈaɪ_f]\
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b[=o]'i-n[=i]f, n. a dagger-knife with a blade about twelve inches long, carried in the southern states of America--so named from its inventor, Colonel Bowie.
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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