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negro powder

negro powder noun: an explosive formerly used in mining.

Noun

negro powder (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An explosive formerly used in mining.

Questions about negro powder

What does negro powder mean?
Negro powder means an explosive formerly used in mining.
What part of speech is negro powder?
Negro powder is a noun.

Words near negro powder in the dictionary

  1. negro lethargy
  2. Negro monkey
  3. Negro monkeys
  4. Negro nod
  5. Negro nods
  6. negro powder
  7. Negro Question
  8. negro spiritual
  9. negro spirituals
  10. negro yam
  11. negro yams

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