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Definition of Chain gang
1. Noun. A gang of convicts chained together.
Definition of Chain gang
1. Noun. (American English) a group of convicts chained together to work outside the confines of a prison. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chain Gang
Literary usage of Chain gang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE CHAIN-GANG FOR THE GALLEYS From 'Les Miserables.' Translated by Isabel F.
Hapgood. Copyright 1887, by TY Crowell & Co. JEAN VALJEAN'S inclination led ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE CHAIN-GANG FOR THE GALLEYS From 'Les Miserables.' Translated by Isabel F.
Hapgood. Copyright 1887, by TY Crowell & Co. JEAN VALJEAN'S inclination led ..."
3. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"At one time seven men, sitting in the stocks near the Star Fort—in plain view of
the camp—became objects of interest to every- THE chain gang. body inside ..."
4. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"At one time seven men, sitting in the stocks near the Star Fort—in plain view of
the camp—became objects of interest to every- THE chain gang. body inside ..."
5. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"French Market—chain gang—The Indians; their Character, Power, and Destiny—The
Silent Letter—The Picture—Triumphant success—Effect on ..."
6. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Nazareth Allen states that in August, 1864, he saw a man who died in the chain-gang
or stocks; he thinks it was the stocks. Alex Kennell (manuscript, p. ..."
7. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"French Market—chain gang—The Indians; their Character, Power, and Destiny—The
Silent Letter—The Picture—Triumphant success—Effect on ..."
8. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Nazareth Allen states that in August, 1864, he saw a man who died in the chain-gang
or stocks; he thinks it was the stocks. Alex Kennell (manuscript, p. ..."
9. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE CHAIN-GANG FOR THE GALLEYS From 'Les Miserables.' Translated by Isabel F.
Hapgood. Copyright 1887, by TY Crowell & Co. JEAN VALJEAN'S inclination led ..."
10. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE CHAIN-GANG FOR THE GALLEYS From 'Les Miserables.' Translated by Isabel F.
Hapgood. Copyright 1887, by TY Crowell & Co. JEAN VALJEAN'S inclination led ..."
11. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"At one time seven men, sitting in the stocks near the Star Fort—in plain view of
the camp—became objects of interest to every- THE chain gang. body inside ..."
12. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"At one time seven men, sitting in the stocks near the Star Fort—in plain view of
the camp—became objects of interest to every- THE chain gang. body inside ..."
13. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"French Market—chain gang—The Indians; their Character, Power, and Destiny—The
Silent Letter—The Picture—Triumphant success—Effect on ..."
14. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Nazareth Allen states that in August, 1864, he saw a man who died in the chain-gang
or stocks; he thinks it was the stocks. Alex Kennell (manuscript, p. ..."
15. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"French Market—chain gang—The Indians; their Character, Power, and Destiny—The
Silent Letter—The Picture—Triumphant success—Effect on ..."
16. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Nazareth Allen states that in August, 1864, he saw a man who died in the chain-gang
or stocks; he thinks it was the stocks. Alex Kennell (manuscript, p. ..."
17. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE CHAIN-GANG FOR THE GALLEYS From 'Les Miserables.' Translated by Isabel F.
Hapgood. Copyright 1887, by TY Crowell & Co. JEAN VALJEAN'S inclination led ..."
18. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"At one time seven men, sitting in the stocks near the Star Fort—in plain view of
the camp—became objects of interest to every- THE chain gang. body inside ..."
19. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"French Market—chain gang—The Indians; their Character, Power, and Destiny—The
Silent Letter—The Picture—Triumphant success—Effect on ..."
20. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Nazareth Allen states that in August, 1864, he saw a man who died in the chain-gang
or stocks; he thinks it was the stocks. Alex Kennell (manuscript, p. ..."
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