bowknot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bowknot
Example Sentences
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She was too cheerful and hopeful to really care because she couldn’t entwine the two initials of the only name she knew into an artistic bowknot!
From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Marlowe, Amy Bell
There was also a box of silk hosiery, another of fine linen handkerchiefs with butterfly and bowknot corners, her favorite designs, a box of engraved monogrammed stationery, and a pair of black satin evening slippers.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
Courtship is a bowknot that matrimony pulls into a hard knot.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
We are afraid that someday you may run away and leave us, so we wish to tie you to us with a bowknot of affection.”
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
When you've had your ears pinned back in a bowknot, it's sometimes hard to remember that an intelligent people has no respect for a whipped enemy ... but does for a fairly beaten enemy.
From The Stoker and the Stars by Dongen, H. R. van
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