chain gang in English
noun
1
a group of convicts chained together while working outside the prison.
Following his arrest, he is tried, convicted, and sentenced to one year on a prison chain gang in a distant parish.
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1. Two of Minty’s older sisters were sold to a chain gang.
2. This is the Old South that featured everyone's favorite character, the fugitive from a chain gang.
3. Synonyms for Corvee include labor camp, gulag, servitude, slavery, chain gang, forced labor camp, hard labor, rock pile and coffel