Meadow Muffin
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Mon May 14 13:33:50 UTC 2001
> Someone from Philadelphia, Missouri, used "Meadow Muffin" for horse hockey. It's a cowpie from a horse.
> OED? RHHDAS? DARE?
HDAS has it from 1974 but remembered from the early 1960s (though it refers to
cow manure, not horse manure, where it can be determined from the cites); OED
doesn't bother, and DARE has it from 1976 but with 1950s reference. The DARE
evidence shows some 'horse manure' senses.
Jesse Sheidlower
OED
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