powder train
Example Sentences
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Quick as the flash of a powder train, the uproar spread to South America.
From Time Magazine Archive
"With the rapidity of a burning powder train," Davis asserts, "information flows out of the woodwork, past the manager's door and the janitor's mop closet, through steel walls or construction-glass partitions."
From Time Magazine Archive
He was perturbed, and Millie had set the match to the powder train of his emotions and energies.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
This lasted him until a pine torch was found, and then he crawled along the gallery in search of the powder train.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
The usual explanations about the powder train were repeated to credulous ears.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William
