chain gang

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a group of prisoners chained together and forced to work

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

chain gangEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary chain gangEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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cesium cessation cession cesspit cf.CFC cha-cha chafe chaff chaffinch chagrin chain

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chain gang