kitchendom
nounUK /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/ · US /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/
Etymology From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).
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Dated The domain of the kitchen or people who work there.
- What knowest thou of flowers, except, belike / To garnish meats with? hath not our good King / Who lent me thee, the flower of kitchendom, / A foolish love of flowers?1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79: