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Webster 1913 Edition
Sing-sing
Sing′-singˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
The kob.
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English
Noun
sing-sing (plural sing-sings)
- (dated) A kind of antelope; the kob.
- 1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found (page 141)
- The negroes believe that its presence has a sanitary effect upon their cattle; and hardly a flock is seen without having one or two sing-sings along with it.
- 1867, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (page 7)
- […] the N'samma Antelope, which appears to be the native name in Uganda for the Kobus sing-sing.
- 1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found (page 141)