It is a locution with many local variants. See "spend gunpowder on chickens", "spend gunpowder on zamuros", "do not spend gunpowder on chimangos", "spend gunpowder on zanates", "spend gunpowder on salvos".
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SPEND GUNPOWDER IN ZANATES used like this in Nicaragua and Mexico: see SPEND GUNPOWDER ON CHICKENS. The ZANATES is an inedible bird from Mexico and Central America. Venezuelan variant: spend gunpowder on zamuros.
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