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ALL meanings of powder monkey

pow·der mon·key
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  • noun powder monkey (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns. 1
  • noun powder monkey powderman (def 1). 1
  • noun powder monkey (formerly) a boy who carried powder from the magazine to the guns on warships 0
  • noun powder monkey a boy who carried powder from the magazine to the guns aboard a man-of-war 0
  • noun powder monkey a person who works with explosives, as in oil fields 0
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