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POWDER MONKEY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does powder monkey mean?

• POWDER MONKEY (noun)
The noun POWDER MONKEY has 1 sense:

1. someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)

Familiarity information: POWDER MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POWDER MONKEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("powder monkey" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

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