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kitchen sink

A miscellany or a miscellaneous item.

Etymology:

  • Probably from everything but the kitchen sink.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'kitchen sink':

kitchen sinkUsed other than as an idiom: see kitchen, sink. A sink in a kitchen used for washing dishes and preparing food.
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