gang saw
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gang saw
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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It may be that one of the gang saw me digging there last night and assumed that I knew more than I really do.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
Tom and Ned, not to mention Mr. Damon, Koku and every loyal member of the steel working gang, saw to it that there was no hitch.
From Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
But Bull and his gang saw fit to omit that part of the story.
From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Upton Sinclair
All the men of the railroad president's gang saw was the gigantic Koku coming along in great strides, bearing the unconscious O'Malley, who was a burly fellow, as though he were a featherweight.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
One of the Ted Shafter gang saw them come in and managed to get word to his leader, as well as Shack Beggs.
From In Camp on the Big Sunflower by Lawrence J. Leslie
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