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Bowie

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Bow·ie  (b)
A city of west-central Maryland northeast of Washington, D.C. It is primarily residential. Population: 52,100.
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Noun1.Bowie - United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
James Bowie, Jim Bowie
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Happily, my bowie knife I have still, and I can always see well enough to use it.
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He had parried with his great bowie knife, and at first I thought that he too had come through in safety.
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Bob's been carved up some with a bowie, and Tom's been hurt once or twice.
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