Convicts' work group

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" Chain Gang " is an episode of the BBC sitcom , Only Fools and Horses . It was the third episode of series 6, and was first broadcast on 22 January 1989. In the episode, Del puts together a consortium to buy a set of 18 carat gold chains from a retired ...

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n. a gang of convicts chained together

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chain \Chain\ (ch[=a]n), n. [F. cha[^i]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. Catenate .] A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Citizens have loved his reintroduction of the chain gang and the Army-surplus tents he erected to ease jail overcrowding. ▪ He did a stint on a chain gang , and he became a professional boxer for a while. ▪ Tethered like a chain ...