black-ganger

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Noun

black-ganger (plural black-gangers)

  1. (nautical) A member of a black gang.
    • 1960, J.E. Macdonnell, Escort Ship, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1972, page 22:
      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?