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
Thought maybe they were going to do some blasting, and Dallas had been hired to run through a load of giant powder.
From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen
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 Sullivan, May Kellogg
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 Camp, Wadsworth
Brooke glanced away from the dead man, and noticed the stain of giant powder on the rock, and shattered fragments that had not been where they lay when he had last descended.
From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold
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