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[n. gang-wey; interj. gang-wey] Origin

gang·way

[n. gang-wey; interj. gang-wey]
noun
1.
a passageway, especially a narrow walkway.
2.
Nautical.
a.
an opening in the railing or bulwark of a ship, as that into which a gangplank fits.
c.
an area of the weather deck of a ship, between the side and a deckhouse.
3.
Railroads.
a.
the space between the cab of a steam locomotive and its tender.
b.
the side entrance of a diesel or electric locomotive.
4.
British.
a.
an aisle in a theater, restaurant, etc.
b.
an aisle in the House of Commons separating the more influential members of the political parties from the younger, less influential members.
c.
a runway in a theater.
5.
a temporary path of planks, as at a building site.
EXPAND
6.
Mining. a main passage or level.
7.
Also called logway. the ramp up which logs are moved into a sawmill.
COLLAPSE
interjection
8.
clear the way! out of the way!

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Gang way is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1680–90; gang1 + way; not continuous with Old English gangweg

gang·wayed, adjective
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gangway
O.E. gangweg "road, passage;" see gang (in its original sense) + way.
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