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powder horn

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powder horn
n.
An animal's horn capped at the open end, used to carry gunpowder.
powder horn
n
(Historical Terms) a powder flask consisting of the hollow horn of an animal
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Noun1.powder hornpowder horn - container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal
powder flask
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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powder horn
n → Pulverhorn nt


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In the great Zoological Gardens we found specimens of all the animals the world produces, I think, including a dromedary, a monkey ornamented with tufts of brilliant blue and carmine hair--a very gorgeous monkey he was-- a hippopotamus from the Nile, and a sort of tall, long-legged bird with a beak like a powder horn and close-fitting wings like the tails of a dress coat.
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