black gang

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of black gang¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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

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There is a black gang in it, and that Walker is one of them.

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Above these hung the terrific cliff of the Black Gang Chyne, which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.

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Just now there's one thing on my mind—just one—to get back somehow in the Black Gang.

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Above these hung the terrific cliff of the Black Gang Chyne which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.

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