ganger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ganger
First recorded in 1840–50; gang 1 + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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 expect they made a mistake in loading them; anyhow, young Jack, my ganger, found he had no half-rounds, but a lot of rectangulars.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
It was the ganger who had told the contractor of the meeting, and he was there partly out of curiosity and partly out of fear lest there might be some rather rough "horse-play."
From The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner
I was seated on an upturned wheel-barrow, talking to a doggy or ganger, who was taking his mid-day meal of bread and meat and cold tea.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by David Christie Murray
I say, Greaves," turning to the ganger, "yonder little woman is plucky, if you like.
From The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner
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