section gang

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noun Railroads.

a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.

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Origin of section gang

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby section gang

sectional, sectionalism, sectionalize, section boss, section eight, section gang, section hand, section mark, sector, sectorial, secular

How to use section gang in a sentence

How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?
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Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
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The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
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Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
America’s 2014 Murder Capital|Brandy Zadrozny|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Then he goes out, gits into his Pullman section, blows his punkin whistle and departs.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
Nearly all the translating words given in this section so far are synthetic.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
When Michael needed fresh supplies, he was not long in gathering a gang of harpies about him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various