kitchen-sink
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kitch·en–sink

adjective \-ˈsiŋk\

Definition of KITCHEN-SINK

1
chiefly British : portraying or emphasizing the squalid aspects of modern life <the kitchen–sink realism of contemporary British drama — Current Biography>
2
: being or made up of a hodgepodge of disparate elements or ingredients

First Known Use of KITCHEN-SINK

1941

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