gangplank
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gangplank
Example Sentences
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The couple was arrested on March 31, 2021, on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey and held without bail.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Julia told an interviewer years later that Tyler picked her up and carried her across a gangplank to a rescue boat.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022
As the Canberra repatriated the PoWs to Puerto Madryn - the Welsh-speaking enclave of Argentina - in July 1982, a Navy photographer captured Irfon and Giorgio sharing a heartfelt goodbye handshake on the gangplank.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2022
In a way, Harry and Meghan have done them a favor by jumping ship, rather than being asked to walk the gangplank.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021
Mapper’s hand wrapped around Magdalys’s as they shuffled up the gangplank with everyone else and stepped over the dark waters onto the ferry.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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