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Definition: Powder Keg |
Powder KegNoun1. A potentially explosive state. 2. Keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A small metal keg for black blasting powder, usually having a capacitysufficient for 25 lb (13.5 kg) of powder. CF:powder barrel. (references) |
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Lyrics | We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks (TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART; performing artist: Bonnie Tyler) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Balkan Powder Keg (1944) | |
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Economic History | Serbia and Montenegro | Serb animosity against the Hapsburgs reached a climax on June 28, 1914, when the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip--the spark that lit the powder keg of World War I. (references) |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
powder keg | 22 |
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| Language | Translations for "powder keg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrezik shpërthimi, fuçi baruti, bucelë baruti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | метален съд за барут, барутен погреб. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | baril de poudre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polveriera (powder magazine), situazione esplosiva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owderpay egkay barril de pólvora. (various references) пороховая бочка (powder-keg, tinderbox). (various references) bure baruta. (various references) polvorín (powder magazine). (various references) kruttunna. (various references) barut fıçısı. (various references) thùng thuốc nổ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-k-o-p-r-w" | |
-2 letters: powered. | |
-3 letters: groped, perked, powder, rewoke, worked. | |
-4 letters: doper, dower, edger, epode, erode, geode, gored, greed, greek, grope, kedge, kreep, pedro, pekoe, poked, poker, pored, power, preed, repeg, rewed, roped, rowed, wedge, wodge. | |
-5 letters: deep, deer, deke, dere, doer, doge, dope, dore, dork, dorp, dree, dreg, drek, drew, drop, edge, eger, eked, ergo, ewer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 77 64 65 72 4B 65 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110111 01100100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001011 01100101 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o w d e r   K e g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0077 0064 0065 0072 004B 0065 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081897071842457173 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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