Clara Bow

[boh] Origin

Bow

[boh]
noun
Clara, 1905–65, U.S. film actress: known as the “It Girl.”
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bow
"front of a ship," mid-14c., from O.N. bogr or M.Du. boech "bow of a ship," lit. "shoulder (of an animal)," the connecting notion being "the shoulders of the ship." See bough.
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