单词 | buffalo-chips |
释义 | > as lemmasbuffalo-chips buffalo-chips n. plural the dried dung of the American bison, used as 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 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Oct. 2 We raised an extensive cloud of smoke from burning ‘buffalo chips’ to keep off the musquitos. 1859 R. B. Marcy Prairie Traveler 268 Buffalo-chips for fuel. 1903 S. E. White Forest iv. 35 I once slept..before a fire of dried buffalo chips and mesquite. < as lemmas |
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