"kitchen pass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kitchen passes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kitchen pass (plural kitchen passes)
  1. (informal, humorous) Permission given to one's partner (usually from wife to husband) to go out independently on a social outing. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-kitchen_pass-en-noun-tm3peWK1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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