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Meanings of press gang in inglés
Forced naval service with or without notice.
Usage of press gang in inglés
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No press gang ever ventured into an area of quality and wealth.
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She'll be leading him straight into the hands of a press gang!
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The press gang of the National Capital was all at sea.
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But the press gang harvested its greatest crop of seamen on the seas.
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But the press gang took him and a dozen others late this afternoon.
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It must be a conscriptors' gang, the land equivalent of a naval press gang.
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They had been seized by the press gang and made slaves on board the frigate.
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He had not waited to be taken by a press gang, but had walked into Redruth and volunteered.
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Pirates sometimes press gang captured crews.
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Men who could walk free without fear of a press gang, or the misery of returning home crippled and unwanted.
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He would have made a splendid man-o'-war's man, and the press gang had more than once tried to secure him.
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The press gang had found at least one victim who would awake with a bloody head aboard the Thames guardship.
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He could barely stop himself shaking as he turned and saw the press gang poised on the corner he had just come around.
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The Press Gang includes reminiscences from many of its former journalists.
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In 1993, when Press Gang ended, Fletcher barely had anything left.
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Wild Bill, starring Press Gang's Charlie Creed-Miles, drew much from his formative experiences.