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buffalo chip

/ˈbʌfəloʊ tʃɪp/

Tradução: Pedaço seco de esterco de bisão, historicamente usado como combustível para fogueiras por povos indígenas norte-americanos e colonos nas Grandes Planícies.

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/ˈbʌfəloʊ tʃɪp/C1informalamerican
  • ptPedaço seco de esterco de bisão, historicamente usado como combustível para fogueiras por povos indígenas norte-americanos e colonos nas Grandes Planícies.

A dried piece of buffalo (bison) dung, historically used as fuel for fires by Native Americans and settlers on the Great Plains.

  1. Dried dung used as fuelC1informalamerican

    A piece of dried buffalo dung, historically used as fuel for fires by Native Americans and settlers on the Great Plains.

    ptEsterco seco de búfalo usado como combustível

    • The pioneers collected buffalo chips to keep their campfire burning.
    • Buffalo chips were a valuable source of fuel on the treeless prairie.
    • He joked that buffalo chips were the 'wood' of the plains.