road gang
noun
a group of workers employed to repair or build roads.
(in the U.S.) a detail of prisoners set to repairing a road.
Origin of road gang
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby road gang
road agent,
road allowance,
road apple,
road book,
road company,
road gang,
road hockey,
road hog,
road hump,
road kill,
road map
Example sentences from the Web for road gang
So the winter passed by and as spring came on the road-gang drew near to Murray.
Silver and Gold |Dane CoolidgeWhy is it, do you suppose, that the road-gang ahead of us haven't left a single sign, not even a word as to where we are?
The Trail of the Goldseekers |Hamlin GarlandOne painful sight was a road-gang of convicts chained by the legs.
Peter Biddulph |W.H.G. Kingston