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 Gang-board, or Gang-way (g hard).Gangway (g hard). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gang-day (g hard).
 
The day in Rogation week when boys with the clergy and wardens used to gang round the parish to beat its bounds.   1
 


 Gang-board, or Gang-way (g hard).Gangway (g hard). 

 
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