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buffalo chips

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Over on the hill the bucks had arisen from their little fires of buffalo chips, and were watching.

We drove about two miles after crossing and camped on the bottom, with no fuel but buffalo chips.

The buffalo chips used are droppings of buffalo the year previous.

We were compelled to use buffalo chips to-day for fuel, there being no wood.

The country on this day's drive looks like a huge buffalo pasture, the ground being covered with buffalo chips like a farm-yard.

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