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sing soprano en · VERB
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(intransitive, literally) To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto.
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(euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive, of a man) To suffer castration or an injury to the testicles.
A couple of women lawyers . . . drew a sharp, gleaming knife and applied it mentally to a target just south of the groom's waistline. If he doesn't like it, let the bastard go sing soprano to the A.C.L.U. Such was the ladies' thought.
1997 December 8, Lance Morrow, “Goodbye, Miss Havisham”, in Time:
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