Heard on Judge Joe Brown:

[Wilson Gray]

Perhaps. It makes perfect sense! :-)

-Wilson

On 7/9/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 7/9/2007 03:43 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >Used by the thirty-ish, black, female defendant also from Chicago:
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> >"Gangway" in the sense of "the space between two buildings that allows
> >access to the rear of one of the buildings."
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> It's the way gangs use to gain access to the rear entrance for
> break-ins?  (Just joking.)
>
> Joel
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