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
The intermittent character of occupancy is also shown by the distinct segregation of numerous successive layers of kitchen refuse.
From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard
In some dietaries lately examined in Middletown, Conn., all the food has been carefully weighed and portions have been analyzed, and the same has been done with the table and kitchen refuse.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
Seaweed and half-decayed fish refuse lay on the shore, while at the back of the houses were heaps of kitchen refuse, and other abominations.
From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Kielland, Alexander Lange
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 Haddon, Alfred Court
