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 Gan’esa (g hard).Gang-board, or Gang-way (g hard). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gang a-gley (To).
 
To go wrong (Scotch.)   1
       
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley.”
       
Burns.
 


 Gan’esa (g hard).Gang-board, or Gang-way (g hard). 

 
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