food for powder
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The new levies came unwillingly, and were often only "food for powder."
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
The contrabands came with wide grins and low bows, And old ragged slouches swung wide from their brows; But the home guards ran wildly—then blustered, when found Not made food for powder, but Union-ward bound.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
And after the thought the humour again—"food for powder, food for powder."
From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank
Though unsparing of their lives when occasion demanded, he never speaks of them as "food for powder."
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
His mother thought him worth nothing better than "food for powder," and at eighteen he obtained a commission as ensign in the Seventy-sixth Regiment of British Foot.
From Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century by Joy, James Richard
