Gong
Gong , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]
A privy or jakes. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
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Gong farmer or Gong man , a cleaner of privies. [Obsolete]
Gong , noun
[Malayan (Jav.) gōng.]
1.
An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.
O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
2.
(Machinery) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.
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Gong metal , an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.