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Brewer's: Ganges

(The) is so named from gang, the earth. Often called Gunga or Ganga. “Those who, through the curse, have fallen from heaven, having performed ablution in this stream, become free from sin…

Gang Related

Director/Writer: Jim KoufDirector of Photography:Brian J. ReynoldsEditor:Todd RamsayMusic:Mickey HartProduction Designer:Charles BreenProducers:Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler and John BertolliMGM…

gang

(Encyclopedia) gang, group of people organized for a common purpose, often criminal. Gangs of criminals were long known on the American frontier and also flourished in urban settings. Notorious were…

Brewer's: Gang-board

or Gang-way (g hard). The board or way made for the rowers to pass from stem to stern, and where the mast was laid when it was unshipped. Now it means the board with cleats or bars of wood…

Brewer's: 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. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

crime

(Encyclopedia) crime: see criminal law; criminology; gang; juvenile delinquency; organized crime.

Gang of 14, 2005 News

  a bipartisan group of senators, hammered out a last-minute compromise in May, averting the enactment of the so-called “nuclear option” by Republican senators. The change in procedures would have…

Brewer's: 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, 1894Gang-boardGanesa A B C D E F…

chain gang

(Encyclopedia) chain gang: see convict labor.