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Shawshank

The origin and history of Shawshank.

Etymology

From the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary in Stephen King's novella and its 1994 film adaptation The Shawshank Redemption, in which a prisoner escapes after tunnelling out over many years.

· First attested 1994

Class of 1994

Shawshank first entered the language around 1994. Other words from the same year:

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