buffalo plaid

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noun

a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.

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Origin of buffalo plaid

First recorded in 1945–50

Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A remarkable snowstorm plowed through Buffalo, New York on Tuesday.
WATCH: "Lake Effect" Snowstorm Batters Buffalo|The Daily Beast Video|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After he graduated high school, Stasio enrolled at the University at Buffalo and entered the ROTC program.
How the NSA Became a Killing Machine|Shane Harris|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Buffalo has been growing again, but it does not have 370,000 millionaires like New York City has.
Andrew Cuomo Ignores Rural New York|David Fontana|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One or two of the buffalo-hunters exchanged words with us while Mac was building his cigarette and lighting it.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
At Buffalo, where this fountain was exhibited, it received honorable mention.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
And from my roost I could note the passing of anything bigger than a buffalo yearling, within a radius of at least six miles.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair