powder train
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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
Prī′mer; Prī′ming; Prī′ming-pow′der, detonating powder: train of powder connecting a fuse with a charge.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
“What is this powder train of yours, anyway?” asked the soldier, in a wheedling voice which was meant to be plausible and friendly.
From Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War by Robins, Edward
George had heard enough of the conversation between the two young Southerners to know that they were more than curious about the supposed powder train.
From Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War by Robins, Edward
