| 单词 | prairie coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie coal prairie coal n. now historical dried dung used as a fuel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > dung casard1499 casing1516 sharny-peat1808 dung cake1824 buffalo-chips1840 mist1852 argol1856 prairie coal1889 cattle chips1903 squaw wood1914 1889 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 26 Apr. For fuel..the cowboy's cook prefers the ancient buffalo chips, which he calls Kansas or prairie coal. 1939 C. L. Douglas Cattle Kings of Texas 324 He could not bring himself to relish food cooked with ‘prairie coal’. 1972 J. M. Minifie Homesteader vii. 51 As he walked he collected horse-dung for his cook-fire. Weathered ‘prairie coal’ makes a quick, hot fire. 2000 Grand Forks (Minnesota) Herald (Nexis) 20 Aug. b4 When wood was scarce, Cookie prepared food over a campfire fueled with the dried cow droppings the cowboys called prairie coal. < as lemmas |
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