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Bolo

noun
1.
A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.  Synonyms: bola, bola tie, bolo tie.
2.
Long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin.  Synonym: bolo knife.





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"Bolo" Quotes from Famous Books



... roared Ranson. "Why, if I were to see a Moro entering that door with a bolo in each fist I'd fall on his neck and kiss him. I'm not trained to this garrison business. You fellows are. They took all the sporting blood out of you at West Point; one bad mark for smoking a cigarette, two bad marks for failing to salute the instructor ...
— Ranson's Folly • Richard Harding Davis
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... Bolo Pasha and all his tribe slip past trench and barbed wire and do more damage than a German army corps to the ...
— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard
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... water become colored, and tinged with blood. The young fisherman leaped to the bottom with his bolo in his hand; his father followed him. But, scarcely had they disappeared, when they saw Crisostomo and the pilot reappear, clinging to the body of the reptile. The monster's white belly was slashed, while in his throat the knife still ...
— Friars and Filipinos - An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, - 'Noli Me Tangere.' • Jose Rizal
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Words linked to "Bolo" :   tie, knife, bolo knife, bola tie, necktie


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