black gang
noun
the crew working in a stokehold of a ship.
Origin of black gang
1First recorded in 1915–20
Words Nearby black gang
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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 SampsonThere is a black gang in it, and that Walker is one of them.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeAbove these hung the terrific cliff of the black gang Chyne, which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.
Snarleyyow | Captain Frederick MarryatJust now there's one thing on my mind—just one—to get back somehow in the black gang.
Over the Seas for Uncle Sam | Elaine SterneAbove these hung the terrific cliff of the black gang Chyne which, to all appearance, was inaccessible.
Snarley-yow | Frederick Marryat
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