Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A miner's or quarryman's powder-horn.
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Examples
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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
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Wychecombe hastened to the house to light the match, glad of an opportunity to inquire after Mildred; while Dutton produced a priming-horn from a sort of arm-chest that stood near the gun, and put the latter in a condition to be discharged.
The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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