powder monkey
Synonyymisanakirja
powder monkey
apulainen, assistentti, avustaja, apumies, ammusmies.
Sitaatit
- "That's second biggiest monkey I have ever seen!" ("Tuo on toiseksi suurin apina jonka olen koskaan nähnyt!") Guybrush nähdessään apinan pään muotoisen luolansuun Monkey Islandilla.
Rimmaavat sanat
powder monkey rimmaa näiden kanssa:
maahockey, jockey, disc jockey...
Englannin sanakirja
powder monkey englanniksi
puhekieltä An explosives expert. A person who sets explosives.
puhekieltä The persons employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U. S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
puhekieltä A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).
2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada,http://books.google.com/books?id=Z3v8frq-jm0C World Leisure Corporation, ISBN 9780915009725, page 218:
2002 September 9, "denise&bryn" (username), "http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.competitions/msg/711e6b381c7d32ba?q=powder-monkeys www Snowboard 25/12", in uk.rec.competitions, Usenet:
2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-84353-079-4, http://books.google.com/books?id=SQ9yclG1N38C&pg=PA146&dq=powder-monkeys page 146:
2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, "http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/luxury/article639717.ece Europe's poshest ski chalets", in The Sunday Times:
2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leochas Ski Snowboard Europe'', 16th Edition, World Leisure Corporation, ISBN 0915009862, 978-0-915009-86-2, http://books.google.com/books?id=c9ninom1H_UC&pg=PA86&dq=powder-monkeys page 86: