Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A master or an employer of a gang or body of workers; one who hires a band of persons to perform some specified task, or directs such a band in the performance of a task.
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Examples
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Brenton, gang-master at Greenock, when the corporation of that town ventured to point out to him that
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"I can't stop a man from going to town to get liquor," argued the gang-master.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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"Get an Italian gang-master, Harry," Tom murmured softly.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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But it's your duty, gang-master, to see that no liquor is brought back into camp.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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In the front ranks of the crowd pressing around them, Reade now discerned the face of the Italian gang-master with whom he had talked recently.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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"I do not know," replied the gang-master, shrugging his shoulders.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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"Too bigga crowd in front of us," replied the Italian gang-master, shrugging his shoulders.
The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater 1895
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He puts 30 people to a house, they pay rent, for food, utilities, overalls, insurance, and transport to work, and finish up with around 30 quid each week, while this gang-master now owns 80 houses.
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One Russian millionaire friend of Tony Blair and Gorgeous Gordon is also a gang-master who supplies labour to East Anglian farms and factories.
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