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kitchen sink

–noun
the final item imaginable on any extensive list of usually disparate items: He packed everything for his trip except the kitchen sink.

Origin:
1870–75, for literal sense

kitch⋅en-sink

[kich-uhn-singk]
–adjective
marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.

Origin:
1940–45
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kitchen sink

noun
a sink in a kitchen 
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