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buffalo pemmican Hist.

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

  See also: pemmican (def. 1a)  

  • 1873  (1904)  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.