powder down
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The operator would pour a measure of powder down the barrel, drop a projectile on top, then ram in a piece of wadding to hold everything in place.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020
His colleagues will ram black powder down the barrel.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2013
Ms Llewellyn said she flushed the powder down the toilet and her brother assured her he was fine and planned to go to work.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2011
Although their salespersons sell a variety of trinkets, knicknacks, whatnots, folderols, and hygienic equipment dexterously, they can also rub a powder down with mortar and pestle, fill a capsule, roll a pill, brew an effusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dumped a charge of powder down the bore of the cannon, rammed in a wad of cloth, and set a fuse in the fuse-hole.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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