Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man placed in charge of a ship's gangway when in port.
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Page 11 and unsympathetic workmen, the ear-piercing calls of the gangwayman, the deafening roar of machinery so exasperated and confused me that I was tempted to climb back upon the dock and scamper off for home.
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