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Cow pat

Posted by Smokey Stover on March 13, 2009 at 10:13

In Reply to: Cow pat posted by ESC on March 10, 2009 at 13:22:

: : : Where does the term cow 'pat' come from?

: : A pat is a lump of soft material formed by patting it into shape - a pat of butter for example. A cow pat is just a bovine version of that.

: When it lands splat, it's a pat. I read that stepping in a cow pat, in certain parts of the U.S., is called "cutting your foot." I'm guessing it's less embarrassing to say you've cut your foot rather than admit to stepping in cow poo.

In my world growing up one occasionally heard of or read about a cow pattie, but the normal word was cow pie. When we played baseball out in the back pasture, hardened or dried cow pies were used as bases.
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