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powder-monkey (iou)



powder-monkey noun. L17.
[from POWDER noun1 + MONKEY noun.]
a. Hist. A boy employed on board ship to carry powder to the guns. L17.
b. A member of a blasting crew; a powder-man. US. E20.
A compressed mass of damp gunpowder. L19.