| 单词 | chain-gang |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschain-gang chain-gang n. a gang or number of convicts chained together while at work, etc., to prevent escape. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > chain gang iron gang1826 chain-gang1834 1834 Westm. Rev. July 47 Chain gang... They are to wear chains and the yellow dress, with the word ‘felon’ stamped upon it in several places. 1841 C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 261 The grandson of a general officer of the revolution..is a vagabond..on the chain gang. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxxx. 37 How nearly the felon and the chain-gang are allied. 1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 49/1 Chain-gangs of convicts are brought out from the prison. < as lemmas |
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