Powder-monkey - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpaʊdəˌmʌŋkɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpaʊdəˌmʌŋkɪ|
noun
- (informal) An explosives expert. A person who sets explosives.
- (nautical) The persons employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U. S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
- (skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder" (light, dry, fluffy snow).
- (nautical) The persons employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U. S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
- (skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder" (light, dry, fluffy snow).
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