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单词 road gang
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road gang


noun

a group of workers employed to repair or build roads.
(in the U.S.) a detail of prisoners set to repairing a road.

Origin of road gang

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby road gang

roadblock, road book, road company, roadeo, road-fund licence, road gang, roadguard, road hockey, road hog, roadholding, roadhouse
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Example sentences from the Web for road gang

  • So the winter passed by and as spring came on the road-gang drew near to Murray.

    Silver and Gold|Dane Coolidge
  • Why is it, do you suppose, that the road-gang ahead of us haven't left a single sign, not even a word as to where we are?

    The Trail of the Goldseekers|Hamlin Garland
  • One painful sight was a road-gang of convicts chained by the legs.

    Peter Biddulph|W.H.G. Kingston
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