Usually means: Forced recruitment into military service.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. press-ganging: Merriam-Webster
  2. press-ganging, press-ganging: Collins English Dictionary
  3. press-ganging: Wiktionary
  4. press-ganging: Dictionary.com
  5. press-ganging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. press-ganging: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. press-ganging: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Press Gang)

▸ noun:  a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of 43 episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993.
▸ noun:  a British children's television series.
▸ Also see press_gang


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