DCHP-3

cow chip

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— West

dried cattle dung used as a fuel.

Quotations

1944
An old Half-breed once told me that in his youth it was considered quite correct to burn buffalo chips for a camp fire, but cow chips--"Phew, they stink!"
1960
. . . with the help of the children, we'd go and gather these cow chips to do our cooking.