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  1. Shawshank

    Shawshank is a fictional New England state prison that is alleged to be in the state of Maine (The actual building used for filming was the Ohio State Reformatory) that serves as the primary location in the eponymous story by Stephen King and its subsequent film adaptation, as well as being mentioned in several other King novels. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a 1982 novella originally published in Different Seasons The Shawshank Redemption, a 1994 motion picture based on the novella.

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  1. Shawshank

    Shawshank typically refers to the fictional prison depicted in the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King, as well as its film adaptation titled "The Shawshank Redemption." It is often used as a shorthand term to refer to the prison system, particularly in the context of incarceration and the struggles faced by inmates.

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  1. Shawshank

    Being put into a position that you can't get out of either by yourself or others.

    My wife shawshanked me into doing yardwork.


    Submitted by anonymous on May 6, 2019  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shawshank in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shawshank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of shawshank in a Sentence

  1. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

    This plot was 'Shawshank Redemption' meets 'Cool Hand Luke,'.

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