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POWDER MONKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)
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Hypernyms ("powder monkey" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)