单词 | road gang |
释义 | > as lemmasroad gang road gang n. a gang of workers engaged in building or repairing roads; spec. a detachment of convicts detailed to work at road construction (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1819 Sydney Gaz. 23 Jan. Four Men who had eloped from the Sydney Road Gang. 1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn xiv The road-gangs of English navvies. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 306/2 Ninety days on the road gang, hard labor! 2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 481 The main road..stretches away out of town... By its side, a resting road gang watches artillery being moved along it. < as lemmas |
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