buffalo pemmican

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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pemmican (def. la) made from the meat and fat of the buffalo.

See: pemmican(def. 1a)

Quotations

1873

It was buffalo pemmican from the Saskatchewan.

1890

I mean, of course, the buffalo pemmican, for it has been made occasionally since by the half-breeds from domestic beef.