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Sing Sing

[ sing sing ]

noun

  1. the state prison at Ossining, New York.
  2. former name of Ossining.


Sing Sing

noun

  1. a prison in New York State, in Ossining


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sing Sing1

variant of Ossining

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Example Sentences

By the time their relationship was heading toward its end, Carey would call the palatial estate Sing Sing, after the prison.

Got all the papers in a safety-deposit vault, and got three witnesses doing stretches in Sing Sing.

Larry's thoughts were the gloomiest he had entertained since he had come out of Sing Sing months before with his great dream.

Not knowing where to send the body, they bury it up there at Sing Sing, and she never sees him again, living or dead.

It was the bright, particular finger which pointed toward the prisoner at Sing Sing.

I had been two years in Sing Sing and had three more years to serve.

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