kitchen refuse
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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
It was the daily duty of these two students to carry to the pigs this large tub full of kitchen refuse.
From Peter the Priest by Mór Jókai
To these accumulations the characteristic name of KITCHENMIDDINGS, or kitchen refuse, has been given.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
They originated with pile dwellings in shallow water, where the kitchen refuse, chiefly shells, accumulates and rises above the surface, when the building appears to stand on posts in a low mound.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Finally, the girl stopped as a stout woman appeared at a grille with a paper of kitchen refuse which she was about to throw into the street.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
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