sausage factory

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• noun A facility producing sausage meat products.
• noun slang A party or gathering with few to no women present.
• noun literature An unappealing process to generate something familiar.
• noun journalism the process of creating news - "You wouldn't want to see how it's created," referring to the job of pursuing stories, sources and research.
• noun politics Dealing and compromise done behind the scenes to enact legislation.