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powder monkey in American English
a boy who carried powder from the magazine to the guns aboard a man-of-war
noun: a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns

powder monkey in British English
noun: (formerly) a boy who carried powder from the magazine to the guns on warships

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