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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
bàrut + -nica.
Noun
barutnica f (Cyrillic spelling барутница)
- powder magazine
- (figurative) powder keg
1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.- You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.
- powder box, powder flask
Declension