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
Only the officer in charge of the powder train knew the destination of the precious stores.
From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward
Then, with caution, he pushed ahead, until he gained once more the road leading back to the temporary camp occupied by the powder train and the detachment guarding it.
From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward
The powder train was—unwittingly—laid months before by Josephine Doran-Reeves, as she preferred to call herself after her marriage with the son of the Dorans' lawyer.
From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
