| 单词 | black gang |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack gang black gang n. now historical a gang employed on work such as supplying or stoking a furnace with coal. 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 1862 M. Oliphant John Arnold xii. 187 He saw various groups of the black gang, of his own and kindred trades, hastening hither and thither, carrying tools. 1918 L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 24 The engineer's division is always known as the ‘black gang’. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean iii. 44 There wasn't a smarter man in the black gang. 2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work vii. 274 Refuelling tended to involve hard physical work by a ‘black gang’. < as lemmas |
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