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