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powder-bags

powder-bags is the plural of powder-bag.

Meaning of powder-bag

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

Questions about powder-bags

What is powder-bags the plural of?
Powder-bags is the plural of powder-bag.

Words near powder-bags in the dictionary

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

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