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pressgang

pressgang is the alternative spelling of press-gang.

Meaning of press-gang

Noun

press-gang (plural press-gangs)

  1. A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.
    • "If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze."2021 March 14, HarryBlank, “Defence”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2024
    Synonyms:
    press

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Forms of pressgang

Noun
pluralpressgangs
Verb
third-person singular presentpressgangs
present participlepressganging
past participlepressganged
pastpressganged

Questions about pressgang

What is pressgang the alternative spelling of?
Pressgang is the alternative spelling of press-gang.

Words near pressgang in the dictionary

  1. pressfats
  2. pressfeeder
  3. pressfeeders
  4. pressful
  5. pressfuls
  6. pressgang
  7. pressganged
  8. pressganging
  9. pressgangs
  10. pressie
  11. pressies

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