powder monkeyn.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊdə ˌmʌŋki/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊdər ˌməŋki/

Forms: see powder n.¹ and monkey n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, monkey n.

Etymology: < powder n.¹ + monkey n.The early semantic development of the word is unclear. In view of the paucity of early documentation for naval vocabulary, it is possible that sense 1b was the original meaning, and that sense 1a shows a figurative extension of this, in spite of the chronology of the early examples.

†a. Apparently: a minor attendant or functionary. Also figurative. Obsolete.Some instances suggest more general depreciative use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > powder-boy

powder monkey1660

powder-boy1744

powderman1859

1660 J. Heydon Ladies Champion (title page) Eugenius Theodidactus, Powder-Monkey, Roguy-Crucian, Pimp-master-general, [etc.].

1678 N. Lee Mithridates Prol. Fifes, Whiflers, and the silly'st Sense, not fit To be the Powder-Monkeys of true Wit.

1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 135 To be next him the other takes care not to fail, (Powder Monkey by name) that vents stink by whole sale; For where shou'd the Fart be, but just with the Tail.

1712 Examiners 1711–12 (1714) II. 302 As for their Moroders and Powder-Monkeys belonging to their Train, who are of no other Use but to wrap up a little Wild-fire in Paper, I shall take no manner of notice of them.

1755 J. Kidgell Card II. iv. 55 Then..stood up the incomparably erect Figure of Sukey Beverly... Her Powder-Monkey was Dick Commings, ogling and winking.

1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 29 My hall is barricaded with powder-monkey servants, that I can hardly get within my own doors.

1792 Mod. Miniature II. i. 30 Why, you powder-monkey,..what do you want?..Go along, you puppy you, or I'll lay my stick over your shoulders.

b. Originally and chiefly Nautical. A boy employed to carry gunpowder from the powder magazine to the guns, esp. on board a warship. Also figurative. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others

bell-hanger1540

powder monkey1670

articulator1798

universalist1801

sander1854

gummer?1881

shaver1885

wire-cutter1888

knacker1890

radiologist1905

groundhog1926

dogman1948

1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 129 Newes was brought in by one of our powder monkey's from the Top Mast head that there were five great ships..coming..towards us.

1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China 512 We caused five or six of our Powder-Monkies, or Cabin Boys trained up to this way of climbing up the Cords to follow them.

1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table Epil. The Orange-Ladies, Virgins of Renown, Are Powder-Monkies running up and down.

1774 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Voy. Eng. Navigators II. 406 One of the lads, called powder-monkies, being heedless, a cartridge that he was carrying blew up in his hands.

1798 Lady Hamilton Let. to Nelson 8 Sept. I would have been rather an English powder-monkey or a swab in that great victory than an emperor out of it.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 255 Ellangowan had him placed as cabin-boy or powder-monkey on board an armed sloop.

1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 240 The Revolution entitled..every horse-boy and powder-monkey in the army, to look on Napoleon, as flesh of his flesh.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 62/1 When his son Henry was twelve years old, he was employed as a ‘powder-monkey’ in making and filling blank and ball cartridges.

1931 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 23 May 9/5 Kearney, who was a powder monkey on Farragut's flagship in Mobile bay, was 81 years old Saturday.

1972 J. Mosher Some would call it Adultery i. i. 8 He rose from sooty-faced powder monkey to full-fledged Chief Armorer's Mate.

2003 D. D. Volo & J. M. Volo Daily Life during Amer. Revol. vii. 114 Many boys enlisted and fought on board privateers or on the ships of the Continental or Royal Navy as cabin boys, cook's helpers, or powder monkeys.

c. Originally U.S. A member of a blasting crew, esp. in mining operations. Cf. powderman n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with explosives

tamper1864

powderman1886

primer1890

steel driver1916

powder monkey1917

1917 Pacific Reporter 65/2 A person employed at the powder house known as a ‘powder monkey’, whose duties were to deliver the powder to the miners.

1937 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 149/1 Hither and yon darted the ‘powder monkeys’, packing dynamite in the holes, shooting loose great masses of salt, which others broke up and loaded into trucks.

1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker vi. 76 Since then I have worked as powder monkey in quarries and railway cuttings.

1994 Toronto Star 12 Nov. k19/2 Sheep shearer, stockman, powder monkey for a gelignite gang..—they are all part of his background.

2. English regional. A compressed mass of damp gunpowder, used to smoke out bees or wasps (see quot. 1893). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1882 R. Jefferies Bevis III. iv. 63 How to take the honey was not so easily settled, till they thought of making a powder-monkey, and so smoking them out.

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Powder-monkey, damp gunpowder, moulded into a ‘devil’ or cake which will smoulder slowly, used by boys for stupefying a wasp's nest.

1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. 1946/2 Powder-monkey,..a small roll of damp gunpowder; a devil.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	powder monkey
释义	powder monkeyn. Brit. /ˈpaʊdə ˌmʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdər ˌməŋki/ Forms: see powder n.¹ and monkey n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, monkey n. Etymology: < powder n.¹ + monkey n.The early semantic development of the word is unclear. In view of the paucity of early documentation for naval vocabulary, it is possible that sense 1b was the original meaning, and that sense 1a shows a figurative extension of this, in spite of the chronology of the early examples. 1. †a. Apparently: a minor attendant or functionary. Also figurative. Obsolete.Some instances suggest more general depreciative use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > powder-boy powder monkey1660 powder-boy1744 powderman1859 1660 J. Heydon Ladies Champion (title page) Eugenius Theodidactus, Powder-Monkey, Roguy-Crucian, Pimp-master-general, [etc.]. 1678 N. Lee Mithridates Prol. Fifes, Whiflers, and the silly'st Sense, not fit To be the Powder-Monkeys of true Wit. 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 135 To be next him the other takes care not to fail, (Powder Monkey by name) that vents stink by whole sale; For where shou'd the Fart be, but just with the Tail. 1712 Examiners 1711–12 (1714) II. 302 As for their Moroders and Powder-Monkeys belonging to their Train, who are of no other Use but to wrap up a little Wild-fire in Paper, I shall take no manner of notice of them. 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. iv. 55 Then..stood up the incomparably erect Figure of Sukey Beverly... Her Powder-Monkey was Dick Commings, ogling and winking. 1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 29 My hall is barricaded with powder-monkey servants, that I can hardly get within my own doors. 1792 Mod. Miniature II. i. 30 Why, you powder-monkey,..what do you want?..Go along, you puppy you, or I'll lay my stick over your shoulders. b. Originally and chiefly Nautical. A boy employed to carry gunpowder from the powder magazine to the guns, esp. on board a warship. Also figurative. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others bell-hanger1540 powder monkey1670 articulator1798 universalist1801 sander1854 gummer?1881 shaver1885 wire-cutter1888 knacker1890 radiologist1905 groundhog1926 dogman1948 1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 129 Newes was brought in by one of our powder monkey's from the Top Mast head that there were five great ships..coming..towards us. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China 512 We caused five or six of our Powder-Monkies, or Cabin Boys trained up to this way of climbing up the Cords to follow them. 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table Epil. The Orange-Ladies, Virgins of Renown, Are Powder-Monkies running up and down. 1774 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Voy. Eng. Navigators II. 406 One of the lads, called powder-monkies, being heedless, a cartridge that he was carrying blew up in his hands. 1798 Lady Hamilton Let. to Nelson 8 Sept. I would have been rather an English powder-monkey or a swab in that great victory than an emperor out of it. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 255 Ellangowan had him placed as cabin-boy or powder-monkey on board an armed sloop. 1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 240 The Revolution entitled..every horse-boy and powder-monkey in the army, to look on Napoleon, as flesh of his flesh. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 62/1 When his son Henry was twelve years old, he was employed as a ‘powder-monkey’ in making and filling blank and ball cartridges. 1931 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 23 May 9/5 Kearney, who was a powder monkey on Farragut's flagship in Mobile bay, was 81 years old Saturday. 1972 J. Mosher Some would call it Adultery i. i. 8 He rose from sooty-faced powder monkey to full-fledged Chief Armorer's Mate. 2003 D. D. Volo & J. M. Volo Daily Life during Amer. Revol. vii. 114 Many boys enlisted and fought on board privateers or on the ships of the Continental or Royal Navy as cabin boys, cook's helpers, or powder monkeys. c. Originally U.S. A member of a blasting crew, esp. in mining operations. Cf. powderman n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with explosives tamper1864 powderman1886 primer1890 steel driver1916 powder monkey1917 1917 Pacific Reporter 65/2 A person employed at the powder house known as a ‘powder monkey’, whose duties were to deliver the powder to the miners. 1937 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 149/1 Hither and yon darted the ‘powder monkeys’, packing dynamite in the holes, shooting loose great masses of salt, which others broke up and loaded into trucks. 1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker vi. 76 Since then I have worked as powder monkey in quarries and railway cuttings. 1994 Toronto Star 12 Nov. k19/2 Sheep shearer, stockman, powder monkey for a gelignite gang..—they are all part of his background. 2. English regional. A compressed mass of damp gunpowder, used to smoke out bees or wasps (see quot. 1893). Now rare. ΚΠ 1882 R. Jefferies Bevis III. iv. 63 How to take the honey was not so easily settled, till they thought of making a powder-monkey, and so smoking them out. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Powder-monkey, damp gunpowder, moulded into a ‘devil’ or cake which will smoulder slowly, used by boys for stupefying a wasp's nest. 1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. 1946/2 Powder-monkey,..a small roll of damp gunpowder; a devil.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660
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