DCHP-1 Online
boss rib 
the spinous process on the vertebrae in the hump above the shoulders of a buffalo, much prized as a delicacy.
See also: boss
- 1914 Large quantities of fresh buffalo tongues, humps, or "boss ribs," as they were called . . . were purchased . . . .
- 1918 (1919) Then Little Wolf's wives returned . . . and set food before us . . . big wooden bowls full of boiled boss ribs of buffalo.
- 1914 Large quantities of fresh buffalo tongues, humps, or "boss ribs," as they were called . . . were purchased . . . .