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keg

noun as in barrel

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For Crudup, Timothy isn’t a bitter powder keg but a man looking for a little closure, someone who has made peace with the past until the moment he doesn’t get the apology he’s expecting.

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A council leader has called for control over protests outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers, describing it as a "powder keg" situation.

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"The police lines came under attack from heavy masonry, fireworks, petrol bombs and beer kegs," he added.

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The press and the then-burgeoning powder keg of social media ran with it.

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Initially, Gardner had a small collection of mostly bourbon, plus the keg.

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