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black gang en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From black + gang.

Meanings

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)

Forms

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Deriveds

black-ganger

black gang en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Relateds

black gangster