bow collector

/ (bəʊ) /

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noun

a sliding current collector, consisting of a bow-shaped strip mounted on a hinged framework, used on trains, etc, to collect current from an overhead-wireCompare skate 1 (def. 4)

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How to use bow collector in a sentence

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy|Oliver Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We want to be the global auction house for the new collector at lower price points and create a more liquid market.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Paddle8 already has a “sticky collector base who are addicted to the site,” he says.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
And with another bow the man from Paris drew himself erect, turned on his heel, and went jingling and creaking from the room.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various