Convicts' work group

• Changing a reformed group of prisoners

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a gang of convicts chained together

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Chain Gang was an American Punk Rock Band known foremost for the 1977 single "Son of Sam" (Gee, Luanda) which had limited success on the British charts and was subsequently covered by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion . The group consisted of Larry Gee on ...

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 ...