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bridge gangs

bridge gangs is the plural of bridge gang.

Meaning of bridge gang

Noun

bridge gang (plural bridge gangs)

  1. A crew tasked with building, repairing and/or maintaining railway bridges.
    • He passed the bridge gang, hard at work strengthening the piers on one of the trestles over the Roaring Fork.2003, Cathy L. Clamp, Road to Riches: The Great Railroad Race to Aspen, page 142
  2. The crew working on the bridge of a ship.
    • “I thought you were going aft,” Keefer shouted peevishly, his form dim in the smoke. He and the bridge gang were putting on life jackets.1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 38, in The Caine Mutiny, page 452
  3. A group of people who regularly gather to play bridge (card game).
    • I remember as a girl watching Celeste and her bridge gang sneak gin in the afternoons.1978, Rita Mae Brown, Six of One, page 8

Questions about bridge gangs

What is bridge gangs the plural of?
Bridge gangs is the plural of bridge gang.

Words near bridge gangs in the dictionary

  1. Bridge Creek
  2. bridge day
  3. bridge days
  4. Bridge End
  5. bridge gang
  6. bridge gangs
  7. bridge loan
  8. bridge loans
  9. bridge mix
  10. bridge mount
  11. bridge mounts

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