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powder-bag

powder-bag noun: a bag for gunpowder.

Noun

powder-bag (plural powder-bags)

  1. (historical) A bag for gunpowder.
  2. (dated) A woman's accessory in the form of a small bag containing cosmetic powder.
    • "You have your powder-bag, my dear Enid. If you see a particularly good specimen of ectoplasm in the course of the evening don't forget your father."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of powder-bag

pluralpowder-bags

Questions about powder-bag

What does powder-bag mean?
Powder-bag means a bag for gunpowder.
What part of speech is powder-bag?
Powder-bag is a noun.
What is the plural of powder-bag?
The plural of powder-bag is powder-bags.

Words near powder-bag in the dictionary

  1. Powder River
  2. Powder River County
  3. powder room
  4. powder rooms
  5. powder snow
  6. powder-bag
  7. powder-bags
  8. powder-bed
  9. powder-burn
  10. powder-burns
  11. powder-coat

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