单词 | gang worker |
释义 | > as lemmasgang worker gang worker n. (a) a member of a gang of labourers; (b) a person who works with gang members, esp. as a social worker. ΚΠ 1852 J. M. Adams in E. Holmes Trans. Agric. Soc. State of Maine 1850–2 (1853) 384 The moral condition of these gang workers is most deplorable, and their poverty next to starvation. 1964 D. Matza Delinquency & Drift i. 27 The delinquent..plays on ball teams, belongs to youth organizations like the boy scouts, and even welcomes detached emissaries (i.e., gang workers) from the conventional world. 1988 Listener 3 Mar. 16/2 Gangworkers often return home with under £10 for the day. 1999 E. C. Schneider Vampires, Dragons, & Egyptian Kings 193 The gang worker had a reasonable hope of persuading peripheral members to break off from the gang. < as lemmas |
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