buffalo robe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buffalo robe
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
Example Sentences
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This was his buffalo robe, they tell me.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2021
In spite of the intense cold, Crazy Horse tossed off his buffalo robe so he could handle his weapons more easily.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
We made a quick survey of the trunk full of dress patterns and the one with the buffalo robe in it.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
I pulled a big furry buffalo robe out of mine.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
His countenance was good-natured and friendly; he wore a buffalo robe, had a bow and arrows on his back, and, in his hand, a large hussar sabre, which he had received as a present.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Alexander Philipp Maximilian
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