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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gang a-gley

(To). To go wrong (Scotch.)

The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Gang aft agley.

Burns.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Gang-board
Ganesa
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