giant powder
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of giant powder
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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I sense there is a giant powder field that no one has touched yet, and I am going after it.
From Forbes ● Nov. 2, 2011
The rivermen, gathering close, saw that the bundle around the end of the sapling consisted of a dozen rolls of giant powder from which dangled a short fuse.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
He'll have some detonators lying loose, too—I've heard he uses giant powder.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
Somehow the thought of human agency obtrudes itself in connection with the word ``explosion,'' and we smile at the idea that giant powder or nitro-glycerine could blow up a planet.
From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman
It looks as if we'd have to put some giant powder in.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
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