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black gangs

black gangs is the plural of black gang.

Meaning of black gang

Noun (1)

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gang. (i.e. one with racially black members)

Noun (2)

black gang (plural black gangs)

  1. (derogatory, historical) A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against his opponents.

Questions about black gangs

What is black gangs the plural of?
Black gangs is the plural of black gang.

Words near black gangs in the dictionary

  1. black frost
  2. black frosts
  3. black fungus
  4. black game
  5. black gang
  6. black gangs
  7. black gangster
  8. black gangsters
  9. black garden ant
  10. black garden ants
  11. black garlic

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