Cowpie
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Cowpie (or cow pie, cow pat, cow patty, pasture patty, meadow muffin, or cow chip) is a sometimes used colloquialism for bovine feces. It usually appears in a rounded pile. The term has lent itself to a variety of other activities. Bovine bingo is sometimes called "cowpie bingo", and cowpie poker is a stud poker variant. Cow pie tossing events have been held in a few locales, though it is quite thoroughly dried first. [citation needed]
It is also the food preferred by cartoon hero Desperate Dan in The Dandy comic, though in the strip, it is not feces, but a type of enormous meat pie with horns sticking out. It is assumed to contain the meat from an entire cow. [citation needed]
The term cow pat is used in England. It originates from the sound made as the feces drops to the ground. The term "cow chip" refers to dried cow pies.
"Cow Pie" is also a dessert with marangue, real whipped cream and custard. [citation needed]
The comedy/folk song "Margo's Cargo", by Stompin' Tom Connors, details the quest to find the makers of the "Cowsie Dungsie Clock", a novelty clock made from a plastic coated cowpie. Such a clock is actually available (see link).
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- Buffalo chip - same basic idea, but from a buffalo instead of a cow.
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