Gunpowder Treason

proper noun

Synonym of Gunpowder Plot.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Gunpowder Plot.

    Please to remember / The fifth of November, / Gunpowder treason and plot; / I know no reason / Why gunpowder treason / Should ever be forgot.

    1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 7

    Synonyms: Gunpowder Plot

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Gunpowder Plot.

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