bowie

plural bowies

1. A Bowie knife.

   Bull did not hesitate to obey, for the broad, cold blade of a bowie rested lightly against the back of his neck.

   1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range

   1 more example

   […] replied that he found it good diggings, and intended to remain, adding that he had a bowie as well as a fossicking knife.

   1912, William Eddrup Adcock, The Gold Rushes of the Fifties, page 82

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Fort Bowie.
   2. An unincorporated community in Delta County, Colorado.
   3. A city in Prince George's County, Maryland.
   4. A city in Montague County, Texas.

plural Bowies

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Bowie knife.