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[ic] KitchenSink
At 01:50 AM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Bundle::InterchangeKitchenSink
>A bundle of most all the modules nice to have for Interchange. A lot of=
stuff.
>
>Where did the name KitchenSink come from..
>
>Ven
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=3Dkitchen%20sink
<quote>
1 entry found for kitchen sink.
kitchen sink
n : a sink in a kitchen
Source: WordNet =AE 1.6, =A9 1997 Princeton University
</quote>
I would have thought the dictionary would have been more help :-), but I=20
can't find a dictionary for "weird expressions of American English." I=20
guess the name comes from the expression: "everything but the kitchen=20
sink", i.e. just about everything. I imagine that the name is to convey=20
its lack of necessity. :-)
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