bowie-knife

My next neighbour was a stalwart, bronzed Kentucky farmer, in a palm-leaf hat, who, strange to say, never made any demonstrations with his bowie-knife, and, having been a lumberer in these forests, pointed out all the objects of interest.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

Loose then stabbed Gillespie with one of those never-failing weapons, a bowie-knife.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

When we went to pack up, we discovered that, although we had been there but fifteen hours, and had never left the room at the same time without locking our door and taking the key, they had contrived to steal our best bowie-knife, but had touched nothing else.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

I felt quite cold and weak with fright; but I stretched out my hand in the dark to where I knew my weapons were, and got hold of a bowie-knife and loaded revolver.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

Americans he had always understood were the citizens of a great and powerful nation, dry and humorous in their manner, addicted to the use of the bowie-knife and revolver, and in the habit of talking through the nose like Norfolkshire, and saying “allow” and

The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

I had five men in the house; to each one I gave a revolver, and a bowie-knife.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

And with that he drew out a bowie-knife which he had concealed among the things which he had extracted from the bag.

Dr. Wortle's school 2004

Uncle Prudent had a try, but the bowie-knife could do nothing against a wall which its best blades could not even scratch.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

What was this material, so hard that the bowie-knife of Phil Evans could not scratch it, and Uncle Prudent could not explain its nature?

Robur the Conqueror 2003

American who has not a bowie-knife in his pocket is no longer an

Robur the Conqueror 2003