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gangplank
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gangplank, gangway
Nautical a portable bridge for boarding and leaving a vessel at dockside

gangplank [′gaŋ‚plaŋk]
(naval architecture)
A long, narrow, movable bridge or plank from a ship to a pier or to another ship alongside.


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Also moored to these docks are permanent residences - inventively designed houseboats reminiscent of Tom Hanks' digs in ``Sleepless in Seattle,'' with residents scurrying down gangplanks with sacks of groceries.
The act establishes specific measurements for gangplanks and establishes quotas for accessible slips.
In fact, Bill Clinton last August officially declared that pulling up the national gangplanks now takes precedence over the final skirmishes of the Cold War.
 
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