Crossword-Solution: PRESSGANG
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pressgang | n. | See Press gang, under Press. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PRESSGANG”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Group forcing men into military service | 1 answer |
| Recruiting group | 1 answer |
| Shanghaiers' kin | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
LRCEEOT
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PRESSGANG (5)
Then came some three or four of the pressgang with a struggling sailor in their clutches, with nothing but his trousers on--his shirt riven from his back in the fury.
CHAPTER XXII--THE WIG DINNER The affair of the pressgang gave great concern to all of the council; for it was thought that the loyalty of the burgh would be called in question, and doubted by the king's ministers, notwithstanding our many assurances to the contrary; the which sense and apprehension begat among us an inordinate anxiety to manifest our principles on all expedient occasions.
But this was not ordered to happen; for, when the Tobacco trader was lying in the harbour of Virginia in the North Americas, a pressgang, that was in need of men for a man-of-war, came on board, and pressed poor Charles, and sailed away with him on a cruise, nobody, for many a day, could tell where, till I thought of the Lord Eaglesham’s kindness.
The pressgang that was always so ready to rescue our hero from his approaching marriage has been disbanded.
For Hans, after filling the pockets of his huge trunk hose with our money by assuming the character of a native, would, as soon as a pressgang appeared, lay claim to the privileges of an alien.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1988–2005).