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Old 03-07-2008, 03:24 AM   #3
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Hi Sabrina and ScottJ,

I think "gangway" is still used for the board or the set of stairs leading on to a ship.
There is also the exclamation "gangway!" meaning "out of the way!"

Well, maybe not in America, I'm not sure about that.
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