kitchen police
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Jimmy Durante got himself made "honorary brigadier general" and honorary head of kitchen police, at Camp Langdon, N.H.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have a side partner on the kitchen police.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
Each crew in turn became kitchen, police, and dish, during three days, and on the fourth, the off crew.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
One or two privates are detailed daily as kitchen police.
From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department
The line is especially long on mornings when they know we are in for two hours of “settin’-ups” or when some especially hard detail such as camp orderly or kitchen police has been handed out.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
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