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
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
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
On the ride out, Perilee had explained that homestead fires were fed with dried buffalo chips.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
When this was done, he went out on the prairie in search of buffalo chips for the fire, which he was fortunate enough to find without any trouble.
From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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