Etymology

bodewash

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Today it means: Dried buffalo or cow dung, sometimes used as fuel by pioneers. Full definition →

Canadian French bois de vache
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  1. Canadian French · borrowed frombois de vache
  2. English todaybodewash

Borrowed from Canadian French bois de vache (literally “cow wood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.