buffalo chips

Example Sentences

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I realize that it wasn’t just the buffalo chips that drew us here.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2010

Considering the condition of the air in some of our cities the introduction of buffalo chips would have a negligible effect on the olfactory senses of most people.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Denver, the State director of revenue refused to put the Colorado state emblem, a buffalo, on new tax tokens for fear they would be called buffalo chips.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the ride out, Perilee had explained that homestead fires were fed with dried buffalo chips.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

For two days following the rain they had to nibble at cold food because the soaked buffalo chips, the only fuel, would not burn.

From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur