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

1. A maximum-security prison in New York State.
   • 2002 April 21, Marek Fuchs, “The Women Of Sing Sing”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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, 2019–2022.