section-gang

section gang

noun Railroads.
a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
Compare floating gang.


Origin:
1885–90, Americanism

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section gang

noun
a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad 
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Section-gang is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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