powder-monkey noun.
['pɑʊdǝmʌŋki] L17.[from POWDER noun1 + MONKEY noun.]1. 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.
E20.2. A compressed mass of damp gunpowder.
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