Sing Sing
See also: sing-sing and singsing
English
Etymology
From the former name of the town where it is located, Ossining.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋ sɪŋ/
Proper noun
Sing Sing
- A maximum-security prison in New York State.
- 2002 April 21, Marek Fuchs, “The Women Of Sing Sing”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- 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.
Further reading
- Sing Sing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Sing Sing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.