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Sing Sing
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sing-sing singsing
English
Etymology
From the former name of the town where it is located, Ossining.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɪŋ sɪŋ/
Proper noun
1
A maximum-security prison in New York State.
Marek Fuchs The Women Of Sing Sing 2002-04-21 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/nyregion/the-women-of-sing-sing.html Both Mrs. Wellington and Mrs. Patton are African-American. At Sing Sing, only 10 of the female officers are white; 138 are black and 26 are Hispanic. The great majority of the inmates are black and Hispanic. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128145924/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/nyregion/the-women-of-sing-sing.html 28 November 2022
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