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CHAIN GANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chain gang mean? 

CHAIN GANG (noun)
  The noun CHAIN GANG has 1 sense:

1. a gang of convicts chained togetherplay

  Familiarity information: CHAIN GANG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHAIN GANG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gang of convicts chained together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("chain gang" is a kind of...):

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)


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