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
An' you've got some giant powder on board.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes
And men with axes and crowbars and giant powder were set to their tasks.
From Under Handicap A Novel by Jackson Gregory
A suspect, chiefly because he's tied up with that anarchist crowd out there—an analyst of explosives, a chemist, cursed by this hideous accident—dangerous as giant powder itself!
From The Gray Mask by Wadsworth Camp
I must know when we'll get those drills and the giant powder before I sleep.
From A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss
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