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buffalo wing

American  
Or Buffalo wing
  1. Usually buffalo wings. deep-fried chicken wings served in a spicy sauce and usually with celery and a blue cheese dressing.


Etymology

Origin of buffalo wing

1980–85; after a restaurant in Buffalo, which popularized the dish


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That includes everything and anything from your typical charcuterie boards to more creative mini meal boards — like a baked potato board or a buffalo wing board complete with chicken wings and crudités.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

It’s may be difficult to clean buffalo wing sauce out of a mustache, but for Saint Peter’s guard and mustache extraordinaire Doug Edert, that’s just a “more money, more problems” situation.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

It’s barely worth more than that last buffalo wing.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2020

Her reaction sounds as ridiculous as someone throwing a tantrum over their friend eating the last buffalo wing without asking if anyone else wants it.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2020

In a town that invented the buffalo wing and specializes in something called a “garbage plate”, that is no small feat.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 11, 2017

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