deck gang
Americannoun
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(on a ship) the sailors who are on duty but not on watch.
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the longshoremen working on board a ship during loading and unloading.
Example Sentences
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Then I remembered seeing him working with the deck gang of the Hato.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Just then Madden observed another deck gang coming up the promenade.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.
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