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The unpleasant way in which a process or activity is carried on behind the scenes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Possibly arising from 19th century witticisms unfavorably comparing lawmaking and sausage making, though common usage only appears in the late 1980s and is devoid of references to law.
