ALL meanings of powder monkey
pow·der mon·key
P p - 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