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Definition of Pressgang
1. n. See Press gang, under Press.
Definition of Pressgang
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of press-gang) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pressgang
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressgang
Literary usage of Pressgang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopedic Dictionary of American Reference by John Franklin Jameson, James William Buel (1901)
"persistent non-observance of the navigation acts. In February, 1770, a pressgang
from the British frigate "Rose" boarded a ship belonging to Hooper, ..."
2. Incidents in My Life by Daniel Dunglas Home (1864)
"THE pressgang. ON reaching America, I found the American press ,ad been publishing
some ridiculous paragraphs about me, one of which was of a practical joke ..."
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