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chainganger

chainganger is the alternative form of chain-ganger.

Meaning of chain-ganger

Noun

chain-ganger (plural chain-gangers)

  1. Someone who has been forced to work in a chain gang, usually a convict.

Forms of chainganger

pluralchaingangers

Questions about chainganger

What is chainganger the alternative form of?
Chainganger is the alternative form of chain-ganger.

Words near chainganger in the dictionary

  1. chainettes
  2. chainfall
  3. chainfalls
  4. chainfern
  5. chainferns
  6. chainganger
  7. chaingangers
  8. chainguard
  9. chainguards
  10. chaingun
  11. chainguns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chainganger (page history and authors); chain-ganger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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