kitchen refuse
Example Sentences
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They slept beneath a set of stairs in an alley behind a tavern, tucked between a discarded stove and bags of kitchen refuse.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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He was standing near a barrel which seemed to be used as a receptacle for the kitchen refuse of a house near by.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
Jup was charged with taking them their daily nourishment, the kitchen refuse, and he acquitted himself conscientiously of the task.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
The question of the removal of kitchen refuse, manure, etc., from barracks next calls for notice.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
The estimates of the quantities of nutrients were based upon the quantities of food materials for a term of three months and upon the table and kitchen refuse for a week.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various