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cowpat

British  
/ ˈkaʊˌpæt /

noun

  1. a single dropping of cow dung

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Having witnessed the burial, Gascoigne was to provide the final flourish, emptying over the hare a fresh cowpat from a Tupperware box.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2019

The bird droppings dried quickly, but a cowpat took about a week to dry out and the lion feces almost two weeks.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2016

Johnson marked the light hives with a dry cowpat so he would know which to feed with sugar syrup later.

From The Guardian ● May 17, 2016

They were spread in the same way as if you take a nice fresh cowpat and hit it with a shovel very hard.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2012

Richard Thompson Meltdown For those whose idea of a good festival doesn't involve wading through cowpat, there's always Meltdown.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2010

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