powder chest

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noun

a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.

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How to use powder chest in a sentence

At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.
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Forty minutes later he says, ‘I think she may have chest injuries now.’
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Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.
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Couple guided Stella as she crawled and dipped her chest to pick up each magnet.
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He vowed he was taking even better care of himself than usual, but his chest is bad again.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
He continued active till his 35th year, when he began to decline, and died of water in the chest.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He held the sabre lower, but the point was kept unwaveringly at the chest of his enemy; his teeth were set.
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