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NICKNAME

NICKNAME BUFFALO CAME ABOUT WHEN A BELGIAN MAN WAS BEING TEASED BY
SOMEONE, HE CHARGED AT THE MAN, RAMMING HIM WITH HIS HEAD LIKE A
BUFFALO.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
SPEECH -- Folk etymology

Date learned: 02-16-1980

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