buffalo wing
AmericanEtymology
Origin of buffalo wing
1980–85; after a restaurant in Buffalo, which popularized the dish
Example Sentences
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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 • Apr. 1, 2025
It’s may be difficult to clean buffalo wing sauce out of a mustache, but for Saint Peter’s guard and mustache extraordinaire Doug Edert, that’s just a “more money, more problems” situation.
From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2022
Her reaction sounds as ridiculous as someone throwing a tantrum over their friend eating the last buffalo wing without asking if anyone else wants it.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2020
It’s barely worth more than that last buffalo wing.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2020
In a town that invented the buffalo wing and specializes in something called a “garbage plate”, that is no small feat.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 11, 2017
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