section gang
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "[This dangerous portion of the line] was divided into patrols from three-fourths to one mile in length, and watchmen were put on night and day, to walk over the track after every train, to look out for broken rails, while the section gangs were held in readiness at all times to repair or replace any breakages."
- "They are not permanently tramps. They have home towns to which they return, to work quietly in the factory or the section-gang for a year—for a week—and as quietly to disappear again."
- "These [free riders] made a ragged line, like a section gang that draws aside at night back of the flares as a train comes through, only much more numerous."
Inflected Forms
section gangs (plural)
section-gang (alternative)