powderman
Americannoun
PLURAL
powdermen-
a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
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Slang. a safe-cracker who uses explosives to open safes.
Etymology
Origin of powderman
Example Sentences
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Smith says procedures at the time that 42-year-old powderman Jason Holman was fatally injured at the mine were very much industry standard.
From Seattle Times
From 13 on, he worked as a janitor, a cattle weigher, a powderman in a Colorado mine, a highway surveyor, a truck driver, a uranium prospector.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus it was that last week Powderman Olin did not go to New Haven as a western manufacturer anxious to learn from Winchester, but as a munitions tycoon in his own right ready to buy and absorb a fallen rival.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Powderman Olin, in his 72nd year, put through a deal which once would have seemed incredible.
From Time Magazine Archive
An 11-inch pivot-gun on its revolving carriage was served by 24 crewmen and a powderman.
From Project Gutenberg
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