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kitchen pass en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (humorous, informal) Permission given to one's partner (usually from wife to husband) to go out independently on a social outing.
    • We were both out on a kitchen pass and enjoying the giddy pleasure that comes from driving a car as fast as possible on a racetrack, but in between lapping sessions we got to talking about life at home. 2001, Nancy Noel Marra, The Book Club: Just Desserts, page 29:
    • After a moment she continued, “All I meant was did you manage to get a kitchen pass from Laurel?” “I don't need a kitchen pass from Laurel or anyone else,” she snapped. 2007, Megan Carter, Please Forgive Me:

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