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Definition of kitchen-sink adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kitchen-sink

adjective
 
/ˌkɪtʃɪn ˈsɪŋk/
 
/ˌkɪtʃɪn ˈsɪŋk/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of plays, films, novels, etc.) dealing with ordinary life and ordinary people, especially when this involves describing the boring or difficult side of their lives
    CultureKitchen-sink drama is used particularly to describe British plays of the 1950s and 1960s that showed the conflicts or unpleasant quality of home life in a realistic way. Typical examples are John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and Arnold Wesker's Roots.
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