gashouse gangn.

Brit.

/ˈɡashaʊs ˌɡaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡæsˌ(h)aʊs ˌɡæŋ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gashouse n., gang n.

Etymology: < gashouse n. + gang n.With sense 1b compare gashouse n. Compounds 2. In sense 2 the nickname apparently arose from the appearance and tactics of the team, taken to resemble a gang from a gashouse district.

U.S. colloquial. Now historical.

a. A gang of gasworkers. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > gang of > types of

day shift1820

night shift1839

black gang1862

gashouse gang1886

nightside1903

1886 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 16 Oct. 2/3 By 2 o'clock all the men that could be reached in Armour's by the strikers had been gotten out. This included beef and sheep butchers, ham servers, machinists,..gas-house gangs, and others.

2003 J. Trager N.Y. Chronol. 242/2 A period of cutthroat competition that has seen rival companies employ ‘gas-house’ gangs to lay pipes in competitors' territories.

b. (The name of) any of various gangs from a gashouse district. See gashouse n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > gang > types of

street gang1813

gashouse gang1895

rat pack1950

1895 Boston Daily Advertiser 25 Jan. A notorious bad section of the city, where the ‘gas house gang’ has held undisputed power for a decade past.

1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 461/1 We discovered the brass knuckles of the Bowery might be as effective against an enemy soldiers as against the Gas House Gang.

1942 Boys' Life Oct. 20/1 Our gang was midway in toughness between the silk stocking youngsters of Gramercy Park..and the boys of the notorious gas house gang.

2009 J. N. Conway King of Heists iv. 55 The gas-house gangs, made up of dangerous, uneducated, out-of-work young men, terrorized the community.

2. Baseball. (A nickname for) the St Louis Cardinals, esp. the team which won the 1934 World Series.

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1935 Los Angeles Times 19 July 18/2 After the belligerent manner in which the St. Louis Cardinals rode rough-shod over Detroit in the last World Series the champions were heralded on all sides as a gas-house gang.

1935 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern 15 Aug. 16/2 Gashouse gang just beginning to fight.

1936 Abilene (Texas) Daily Reporter 10 July 2/1 The gas house gang took its one game with the Giants, 6-3.

1952 B. Cerf Good for Laugh 163 On the mound pitching for the old St. Louis Cardinal gas-house gang.

2000 Oxf. Amer. Jan. 94/1 Dizzy Dean and Enos ‘Country’ Slaughter and Red Schoendienst, all the great Cardinals, all the fabled Gashouse Gang, had played there.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gashouse gang
释义	gashouse gangn. Brit. /ˈɡashaʊs ˌɡaŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡæsˌ(h)aʊs ˌɡæŋ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gashouse n., gang n. Etymology: < gashouse n. + gang n.With sense 1b compare gashouse n. Compounds 2. In sense 2 the nickname apparently arose from the appearance and tactics of the team, taken to resemble a gang from a gashouse district. U.S. colloquial. Now historical. 1. a. A gang of gasworkers. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > gang of > types of day shift1820 night shift1839 black gang1862 gashouse gang1886 nightside1903 1886 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 16 Oct. 2/3 By 2 o'clock all the men that could be reached in Armour's by the strikers had been gotten out. This included beef and sheep butchers, ham servers, machinists,..gas-house gangs, and others. 2003 J. Trager N.Y. Chronol. 242/2 A period of cutthroat competition that has seen rival companies employ ‘gas-house’ gangs to lay pipes in competitors' territories. b. (The name of) any of various gangs from a gashouse district. See gashouse n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > gang > types of street gang1813 gashouse gang1895 rat pack1950 1895 Boston Daily Advertiser 25 Jan. A notorious bad section of the city, where the ‘gas house gang’ has held undisputed power for a decade past. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 461/1 We discovered the brass knuckles of the Bowery might be as effective against an enemy soldiers as against the Gas House Gang. 1942 Boys' Life Oct. 20/1 Our gang was midway in toughness between the silk stocking youngsters of Gramercy Park..and the boys of the notorious gas house gang. 2009 J. N. Conway King of Heists iv. 55 The gas-house gangs, made up of dangerous, uneducated, out-of-work young men, terrorized the community. 2. Baseball. (A nickname for) the St Louis Cardinals, esp. the team which won the 1934 World Series. ΚΠ 1935 Los Angeles Times 19 July 18/2 After the belligerent manner in which the St. Louis Cardinals rode rough-shod over Detroit in the last World Series the champions were heralded on all sides as a gas-house gang. 1935 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern 15 Aug. 16/2 Gashouse gang just beginning to fight. 1936 Abilene (Texas) Daily Reporter 10 July 2/1 The gas house gang took its one game with the Giants, 6-3. 1952 B. Cerf Good for Laugh 163 On the mound pitching for the old St. Louis Cardinal gas-house gang. 2000 Oxf. Amer. Jan. 94/1 Dizzy Dean and Enos ‘Country’ Slaughter and Red Schoendienst, all the great Cardinals, all the fabled Gashouse Gang, had played there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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