Etymology

black gang

Today it means: A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel. Full definition →

Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮
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black gang · noun1

From black + gang.

black gang · noun2

  1. Chinese · borrowed from黑幫 /黑帮“gangsters, gang”
  2. English todayblack gang

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

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