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gang
1) row, set, or company ; as of teeth, sheep's trotters, rogues, &c. in which sense it is used all o...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
or Gan-gan
theaboriginal word for the bird Callocephalon galeatum,Lath., so called from its note; a kind of cockatoo, grey with ared head, called also Gang-gang Cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. i. Intro.p. xxxviii:
«Upon the branches the satin-bird, the gangan, and variouskinds of pigeons were feeding.»
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 14:
« Callocephalon Galeatum, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Colonistsof New South Wales.»
1) row, set, or company ; as of teeth, sheep's trotters, rogues, &c. in which sense it is used all o...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose