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bowie
/ˈboʊ.i/
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What does bowie mean?
noun
- A Bowie knife.
- Ellipsis of Bowie knife.
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Fort Bowie.
- An unincorporated community in Delta County, Colorado.
- A city in Prince George's County, Maryland.
- A city in Montague County, Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈboʊ.i/
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They quickly unhitched their horses from the wagons and rode ten miles to Bowie where they gave the alarm and spent the night.
They represent six-shooter culture at its zenith--the wild and woolly side of the West--a stage between receding bowie knife individualism of the backwoods and blackguard, machine-gun gangsterism of the city.
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I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris’s bowie knife plunged into the heart.
“Yes; right smart chance of funerals. But they don’t always kill. Pa’s got a few buckshot in him; but he don’t mind it ’cuz he don’t weigh much, anyway. Bob’s been carved up some with a bowie, and Tom’s been hurt once or twice.”