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.

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Etymology

Origin of buffalo wing

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

Example Sentences

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

Although most of the participating restaurants are local, Anchor Bar, the bar in Buffalo, N.Y., that claims to be the birthplace of the buffalo wing, will also be at the festival making wings.

From Los Angeles Times

Cut firm tofu into wedges and soak in tangy buttermilk before flouring, frying and slathering in a spicy buffalo wing sauce, served with a creamy dill-flecked blue cheese dressing on the side.

From Seattle Times

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

From Golf Digest

Phillips said that staff recently started testing french fry and buffalo wing products.

From Washington Times