powder barrel
Example Sentences
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But ... the mere mention of the strategic question worked like a spark in a powder barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
He fell in love with the wife of one of Napoleon's leading officials, imagined that that old black magic was enchanting his inamorata, that "she looked at me as though I were a powder barrel."
From Time Magazine Archive
Rooke"—reflectively—"always reminds me somewhat of a powder barrel.
From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret
Galusha, forgetting his powder barrel, beamed in sympathy.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
So he shifted from the powder barrel to the sharp horn of the other dilemma and shifted back again.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
