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the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink.[1870-75, for literal sense]
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kitchen sink — attested by 1824. Phrase everything but (or and ) the kitchen sink is 1944, from World War II armed forces slang, in reference to intense bombardment. Out for blood, our Navy throws everything but the kitchen sink at Jap vessels, warships and… … Etymology dictionary
kitchen-sink — (UK) Kitchen sink drama deals with ordinary people s lives … The small dictionary of idiomes
kitchen-sink — [kich′ən siŋk′] adj. 1. showing a lack of discriminating thought or careful planning; random; indiscriminate [his kitchen sink collection of souvenirs] 2. Chiefly Brit. portraying life, esp. domestic situations, with realism that emphasizes the… … English World dictionary
kitchen-sink — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of drama) realistic in the depiction of drab or sordid subjects … English terms dictionary
Kitchen sink — For the plumbing fixture, see sink. * Everything but the kitchen sink is an English phrase used to denote wildly exaggerated inclusion. It is used in phrases such as, He brought everything but the kitchen sink. It may also be rendered as,… … Wikipedia
kitchen-sink — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. chiefly Britain : 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… … Useful english dictionary
kitchen-sink — (KICH.un sink) v. To announce all of a company s bad financial news at one time. Example Citation: Job cuts and a dividend reduction are thought to have already been factored into the share price. Equity salesmen believe that there is also little … New words
kitchen-sink — British & Australian a kitchen sink play, film, or style of painting is one which shows ordinary people s lives. Kitchen sink drama came into fashion in the 1950s. (always before noun) In his latest work, he is moving away from kitchen sink… … New idioms dictionary
kitchen sink — /kɪtʃən ˈsɪŋk/ (say kichuhn singk) noun 1. a sink in a kitchen. –phrase 2. everything but the kitchen sink, Colloquial a large number of miscellaneous items …
kitchen-sink — kitch′en sink′ adj. cvb marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen sink approach to moviemaking[/ex] • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
kitchen-sink — adjective Date: 1941 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
