ganger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ganger
First recorded in 1840–50; gang 1 + -er 1 ( def. )
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Former miner, road ganger and union official, unlucky in love but with a growing reputation as a poet, Ledwidge joined up in 1916, surprising many who knew him.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014
I said to my ganger, whatever material you are given, so long as it is clean, will do, and it will be just like conglomerate.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
Hardly had they scrambled on to the wharf when Trevannion's ganger came up.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
The ganger, Sullivan, seemed good-tempered enough, only shouting to let off his superfluous vitality.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
It was suspected that they had been stolen, in the confusion that day prevailing at the little station, by some ganger on the relief-train.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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