gunpowder : Idioms & Phrases

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Gunpowder pile driver

  • a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder.
Webster 1913

Gunpowder plot

  • noun a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
WordNet
  • (Eng. Hist.), a plot to destroy the King, Lords, and Commons, in revenge for the penal laws against Catholics. As Guy Fawkes, the agent of the conspirators, was about to fire the mine, which was placed under the House of Lords, he was seized, Nov. 5, 1605. Hence, Nov. 5 is known in England as Guy Fawkes Day.
Webster 1913

Gunpowder tea

  • a species of fine green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a small ball or pellet.
Webster 1913