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powder monkeys

powder monkeys is the plural of powder monkey.

Meaning of powder monkey

Noun

powder monkey (plural powder monkeys)

  1. (informal) An explosives expert; a person who sets explosives.
  2. A person employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U.S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
  3. (informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).
    • Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218
    Synonyms:
    powder hound

Questions about powder monkeys

What is powder monkeys the plural of?
Powder monkeys is the plural of powder monkey.

Words near powder monkeys in the dictionary

  1. powder mill
  2. powder mills
  3. powder mine
  4. powder mines
  5. powder monkey
  6. powder monkeys
  7. powder of algaroth
  8. powder of sympathy
  9. powder one's nose
  10. powder pink
  11. powder pinks

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