Heard on Judge Joe Brown:

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/9/2007 03:43 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Used by the thirty-ish, black, female defendant also from Chicago:
>
>"Gangway" in the sense of "the space between two buildings that allows
>access to the rear of one of the buildings."

It's the way gangs use to gain access to the rear entrance for
break-ins?  (Just joking.)

Joel

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