powder burn
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of powder burn
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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On the body of the person whose hands were bound, there were powder burn marks on his lips and face.
From Reuters
It has a low ignition temperature of 261� C., and makes the powder burn more readily.
From Project Gutenberg
You can almost feel the powder burn when in My Problem Is You Browne sings, "I wanted to live in the realm of the senses/ You've got to know how/ And for some kinds of pleasure there are no defenses/ I know that now."
From Time Magazine Archive
Exploratory surgery had led doctors to conclude that Root's injuries resulted from a gunshot wound -- apparently inflicted in the air and at such close range that a powder burn surrounded the entrance hole.
From Time Magazine Archive
To anxious throngs who crowded into Mexico City's Palacio Nacional this week, bland President Manuel Avila Camacho displayed a two-inch swath burned in the jacket of his grey-and-red striped suit, a similar powder burn in his white shirt beneath.
From Time Magazine Archive
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