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kitchen stove
[f. kitchen n. + stove n.1 5 a.]
a. A stove in a kitchen.
1845Knickerbocker XXV. 106 He wished her in the south of France or the kitchen stove, rather than there. 1925F. Ayscough Chinese Mirror 386 Ts'ao Chün, Lord of the Kitchen-Stove. 1959P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xvi. 108 ‘Mrs. Fisher is a most awful stick,’ Lucy said. ‘One might as well say one's lines to the kitchen stove.’ 1974Times 21 Sept. 7/2 The kitchen stove, a low stout Rayburn of chipped yellow enamel.
b. everything but the kitchen stove and similar phr. = kitchen sink c.
1927E. Wallace Feathered Serpent i. 9 ‘Got everything on except the kitchen stove,’ said Mr. Crewe pleasantly... ‘You're a fool to go out with all that stuff on you.’ 1928[see bob v.3 2 b]. 1948[see kitchen sink c]. 1959Listener 8 Jan. 63/2 The assumption that, since Christmas is the only time children go to the theatre, they must therefore be given everything, including the kitchen-stove. 1960M. Cecil Something in Common xxi. 235 ‘I suppose you haven't an ulcer?’ Colin said that—apart from the kitchen stove—it was the one item he'd forgotten to bring. 1964C. Dale Other People x. 178 There's Mum, hair tinted, face done up, everything on bar the kitchen stove. |