black gang


noun
  1. the crew working in a stokehold of a ship.

Origin of black gang

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use black gang in a sentence

  • As Scott and Elderburg passed a group of the black gang, mutely dangling wrenches, there was a sudden stir.

    Feline Red | Robert Sampson
  • There is a black gang in it, and that Walker is one of them.

  • Above these hung the terrific cliff of the black gang Chyne, which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.

    Snarleyyow | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • Just now there's one thing on my mind—just one—to get back somehow in the black gang.

  • Above these hung the terrific cliff of the black gang Chyne which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.

    Snarley-yow | Frederick Marryat