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Catchword for “water buffalo”
Catchword: water buffalo
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Part of speech: n.
Quotation: Other times foundations fracture and wells crack, the water draining away. “Water buffalo”—the local term for replacement water tanks wrapped in white insulation—graze in backyards and side lots.
Article or document title:
“In The Black” (URL)
Author:
Jane M. Von Bergen
Article, document, publication, web site:
Philadelphia Inquirer
Publishing location:
Pennsylvania
Dateline:
Waynesburg
Date of publication:
May 11, 2008
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Posted 16 May 08 | Permalink | Tell a Friend
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I don’t know if your American readers are aware of it, but there’s an actual, literal water buffalo, defined by Merriam-Webster as “an often domesticated Asian buffalo.” The Philippine carabao (kalabaw in Tagalog and karabaw in Visayan, another Philippine language) is a water buffalo.
by Jose F. Lacaba 17 May 08, 0316 GMT

water buffalo (n)
1. a small two wheel trailer used by US Army and Air Force to transport potable water to troops in the field
2. Colorado has arcane water laws with the chief tenet being ‘first user has first right.’ A long-time expert lawyer in this field of law is nick-named a ‘water buffalo’.


by Walter Bjorneby 21 May 08, 0308 GMT

Who coined the term and when.

This water trailer is far from the looks of a buffalo.  I think it looks more like a pig.


by Chris Roback 25 Jul 08, 0205 GMT

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