Hell's Kitchen

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Hell's Kitchen

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  1. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, also known as Clinton, that was historically known for poor living conditions. They were living someplace in Hell's Kitchen, because that's where the blacks were at that time, before they started moving up, and uptown.

    Similar: Clinton, HK

  2. broadly Any neighborhood with a reputation for poverty and crime.

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@misc{hell_s_kitchen_2026,
  title = {Hell's Kitchen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hell's%20kitchen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}