Definition of Buffalo chip

1. Noun. A piece of dried bovine dung.

Exact synonyms: Chip, Cow Chip, Cow Dung
Generic synonyms: Droppings, Dung, Muck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffalo Chip

bufexamac
buff out
buff up
buffa
buffable
buffalo
buffalo-berries
buffalo-berry
buffalo-skin
buffalo-skins
buffalo berry
buffalo bur
buffalo carpet beetle
buffalo chip (current term)
buffalo clover
buffalo fish
buffalo gnat
buffalo gourd
buffalo hump
buffalo jump
buffalo jumps
buffalo neck
buffalo nut
buffalo robe
buffalo robes
buffalo soldier
buffalo soldiers

Literary usage of Buffalo chip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"In another Arapaho version a stick is thrown first, then a buffalo-chip, pith, ... Old-Man throws into the water a buffalo-chip, saying that if it floats, ..."

2. Life and Adventures of "Billy" Dixon, of Adobe Walls, Texas Panhandle: A by Billy Dixon (1914)
"I wish here to say something in honor of the buffalo chip. In later years, as the fortunes of the settlers in western Kansas improved and their social ..."

3. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"When they woke up they found a fresh buffalo chip. Old-Man-Coyote did the same thing, only instead of a buffalo chip there was a fresh wolf chip that had a ..."

4. Blackfoot Lodge Tales by George Bird Grinnell (2001)
"The woman stood still a long time, looking from the stone to the buffalo chip, and from the chip to the stone. At last she said, "Throw the stone. ..."

5. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"With the pipe there is a buffalo chip enclosed in a pericardium. ... but if such were not at hand an ordinary buffalo chip was substituted. ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A rest for the pipe is set up, just behind the oval, the bowl of the pipe put oil :i buffalo-chip, the rest supporting the stein. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Buffalo chip on Dictionary.com!Search for Buffalo chip on Thesaurus.com!Search for Buffalo chip on Google!Search for Buffalo chip on Wikipedia!

Search