Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word powder-flask.
Examples
-
Feuilly were making cartridges with the powder-flask picked up by Gavroche on the dead corporal, and Bossuet said to Feuilly: “We are soon to take the diligence for another planet”; Courfeyrac was disposing and arranging on some paving-stones which he had reserved for himself near Enjolras, a complete arsenal, his sword-cane, his gun, two holster pistols, and a cudgel, with the care of a young girl setting a small dunkerque in order.
Les Miserables 2008
-
Neither did he neglect to possess himself of a sword and pistols, with powder-flask and balls, which hung in the apartment.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
-
On one body, that of a corporal, he found a powder-flask.
Les Miserables 2008
-
There were two rifles, a pistol, and a powder-flask on the table; two Irish emigrant women were seated on the floor (which swarmed with black beetles and ants), undressing a screaming child;
-
With the money he gained by the game he sold, he might easily have bought himself a cartridge - box and powder-flask; but he never once even contemplated such a purchase, and continued to load his gun after his old fashion, exciting the admiration of all beholders by the skill with which he avoided the risks of spilling or mixing his powder and shot.
-
The dagger is stuck in this scarf, and a bandoleer slung over the shoulders carries the cartridge-case, powder-flask, flint and steel, priming-horn, and other necessaries.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
-
Sydney Smith humorously described “those Irish Protestants whose shutters are bullet-proof; whose dinner-table is regularly spread out with knife, fork, and cocked pistol; salt-cellar and powder-flask; who sleep in sheet-iron nightcaps; who have fought so often and so nobly before their scullery-door, and defended the parlor passage as bravely as Leonidas defended the pass of Thermopylae.”
The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989
-
These were served out, and then one man found the master's gun, with a powder-flask and a handful of sparrow shot.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne Herbert Strang
-
One person represents the huntsman, the other players call themselves after some part of a huntsman's belongings; for instance, one is the cap, another the horn, others the powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.
Games For All Occasions Mary E. Blain
-
One person represents the huntsman, the other players call themselves after some part of the huntsman's belongings; for instance, one is the cap, another the horn, others the powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.
My Book of Indoor Games Clarence Squareman
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.