kitchen pass

noun

Permission given to one's partner (usually from wife to husband) to go out independently on a social outing.

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Meanings

nounkitchen pass (plural kitchen passes)

plural kitchen passes

  1. humorousinformalPermission given to one's partner (usually from wife to husband) to go out independently on a social outing.

    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
    1 more example

    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
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APA

kitchen pass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20pass

MLA

“kitchen pass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20pass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitchen pass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchen%20pass.

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