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gangplank

[gang-plangk] / ˈgæŋˌplæŋk /


NOUN
gangway
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When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire Indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban’s front deck.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

As people were making their way down the gangplank in assigned groups, she was trying to keep her husband covered with towels and robes and a comforter, but he wouldn’t stop shaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020

He relaxed and walked down the gangplank with his usual ease.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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