Definition of "gangplank" []

• A board or ramp used as a removable footway between a ship and a pier. Also called gangway. (noun)

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• "First down the gangplank was an Irish teenager named Annie Moore who subsequently became the poster child for the immigrant dream in a nation of immigrants."
• "Standing at the top of the gangplank was the man that I was being kicked off the flight for."
• "Actually, I don't know whether it's really called a gangplank or not."