boss rib

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the spinous process on the vertebrae in the hump above the shoulders of a buffalo, much prized as a delicacy.

See: boss

Quotations

1914

Large quantities of fresh buffalo tongues, humps, or "boss ribs," as they were called . . . were purchased . . . .

1918

Then Little Wolf's wives returned . . . and set food before us . . . big wooden bowls full of boiled boss ribs of buffalo.