buffalo chips
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buffalo chips
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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I realize that it wasn’t just the buffalo chips that drew us here.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2010
Considering the condition of the air in some of our cities the introduction of buffalo chips would have a negligible effect on the olfactory senses of most people.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denver, the State director of revenue refused to put the Colorado state emblem, a buffalo, on new tax tokens for fear they would be called buffalo chips.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the ride out, Perilee had explained that homestead fires were fed with dried buffalo chips.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Fires were impossible, for there was no wood, and the buffalo chips soaked with rain were frozen now and buried under the snow.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
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