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
"It's a giant powder, a million times stronger nor mine."
From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward
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
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 Dunton, W. Herbert
Men in relays were eating at the camp and dynamiters were picking their way across the face of the Cat's Paw with the giant powder.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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