Definitions
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- adjective informal Attempting to include too wide a
variety of things, typically with a result that is lessfunctional than intended. - adjective Of or pertaining to the kitchen sink drama; depicting social realities in an unstylized and direct manner.
Etymologies
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From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sense 2 to the phrase kitchen sink realism.
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It was a gutsy and classy call, given that Moore has been rather, well, kitchen-sinky, against her.
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