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chain gang

NOUN
working prisoners tied together
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King was arrested in Atlanta and sentenced to four months on a chain gang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

The next year, he joined fellow organizers in protesting segregation in Rock Hill, S.C., where he was arrested and refused bail, serving 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

When the chain gang went in to measure it, the ball was short of the first down.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021

Through the window over the sink she could see the deweys still playing chain gang; their ankles bound one to the other, they tumbled, struggled back to their feet and tried to walk single file.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison