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
Ten minutes after it had rolled forth upon the trestle at the "lower crossing" the giant powder had been transferred to poling-boats and the long pull against the current had begun.
From The Iron Trail by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
Their words are scanty, but their handiwork is plain; the gap hewn in the virgin forest, bridge flung over frothing river, and the raw rent of the giant powder amidst the lonely hills.
From Alton of Somasco by Bindloss, Harold
The threat always made Old Man Hinds jump like the close explosion of a stick of giant powder.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
I can't find any giant powder," he reported, and added, "get hold of the keg.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
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