double buffalo

double buffalo

slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The US nickel, which is worth five cents, at one time featured a picture of a buffalo. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double buffalo—the speed limit here is 25!

See also: buffalo, double

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double buffalo

verb

See double nickels

See also: buffalo, double

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