Meanings
nounblack-ganger (plural black-gangers)
plural black-gangers
- nauticalA member of a black gang.
He held strongly to the black-ganger's philosophy - what is the use of all the radar and guns and torpedoes if you don't have the engineers and stokers to put them in the right position?
1960, J.E. Macdonnell, Escort Ship, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1972, page 22
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