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
Next day we visited, and I rested considerably, finding again how good it was to be in a safe and quiet place with no fear of stone throwers or giant powder.
From A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan
It occurs to me that French Louis said he couldn't tally out all the sticks of giant powder that he'd stowed away a week or two ago.
From Thurston of Orchard Valley by W. Herbert Dunton
Frank was thankful when he had finished, for having heard of the tremendous powers of the giant powder he did not care to be shut up with it among that network of roots.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
Had any of us ever seen giant powder?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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