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chain gang
noun
- a group of convicts chained together, especially when working outside.
chain gang
noun
- a group of convicted prisoners chained together, usually while doing hard labour
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chain gang1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Inmates are sentenced to time behind bars, not forced labor, a vestige of chain gangs and slavery.
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Ivey noted it’s one of the only remaining places in the country where a chain gang still operates.
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And hard labor on road gangs in the Panama Canal Zone looked a lot like the chain gangs used to consign Black people to prison slavery in the South.
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But as busy as UW’s defense makes the chain gang, it doesn’t overwork the scoreboard operator.
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The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
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