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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Examples
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With respect to the prison, the facts were that in Chinatown a holding prison called the Tombs already existed for those awaiting trial.
Ed Koch: Feelin' Groovy Ed Koch 2011
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They scattered even more violently when the assembled media spotted the bombastic defense attorney and swarmed to where she stood sneering up at the looming Manhattan Detention Complex, otherwise known as the Tombs.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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They scattered even more violently when the assembled media spotted the bombastic defense attorney and swarmed to where she stood sneering up at the looming Manhattan Detention Complex, otherwise known as the Tombs.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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We were processed in the pens and then moved over to the Tombs, which is on Center Street.
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He presented the argument that the Tombs was a state prison “for the confinement of capital persons,” and as such was not automatically available to the federal government for executions, without consent of the state.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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He presented the argument that the Tombs was a state prison “for the confinement of capital persons,” and as such was not automatically available to the federal government for executions, without consent of the state.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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He presented the argument that the Tombs was a state prison “for the confinement of capital persons,” and as such was not automatically available to the federal government for executions, without consent of the state.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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He remembered that he was leaving the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building at 100 Centre Street, which housed, along with the courtrooms, the Manhattan House of Detention for Men, affectionately referred to as the Tombs, and the Office of the New York District Attorney.
Malice Robert K. Tanenbaum 2007
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He presented the argument that the Tombs was a state prison “for the confinement of capital persons,” and as such was not automatically available to the federal government for executions, without consent of the state.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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About four hours later, we were cuffed, chained together, and placed in a van to be transported to a holding cell at the Criminal Courthouse, 100 Center Street, once known as the Tombs Prison.
Lockup 2006
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