Ganger

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker.
   Scotland
3. A horse that goes quickly.
4. One who oversees a gang of workmen.
5. One who is employed in conveying the coal through the gangways.
6. A length of chain, one end of which is fastened to an anchor when let go, when the other end is fastened to a hawser.

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Examples

“Primary responsibility must rest⟳ with a ganger. He failed to appreciate the danger of disturbing the track, short of ballast, on a very hot day.”

“The length ganger saw⟳ the train⟳ passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop⟳ the train⟳ before the final derailment occurred.”

“'My dad was a railway ganger.'”

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