powder magazine

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Noun[edit]

powder magazine (plural powder magazines)

  1. Synonym of magazine (an ammunition storehouse)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) An individual or other situation that is bound to go awry or is potentially dangerous; a tinderbox.

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