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Gangway (g hard)

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Below the gangway. In the House of Commons there is a sort of bar extending across the House, which separates the Ministry and the Opposition from the rest of the members. To sit “below the gangway” is to sit amongst the general members, neither among the Ministers nor with the Opposition.

Clear the gangway. Make room for the passengers from the boat, clear the passage. (See Gang-board.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ganabim
Gander (g hard)
Gander-cleugh
Gander-month
Ganelon (g hard)
Ganem (g hard)
Ganesa (g hard)
Gang a-gley (To)
Gang-board, or Gang-way (g hard)
Gang-day (g hard)
Gangway (g hard)
Ganges (The)
Ganna
Ganor (g hard), Gineura (g soft), or Guinever
Ganymede
Gaora
Gape (g hard)
Garagantua (g hard)
Garagantuan
Garble (g hard)
Garcias (g hard)

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