kitchen refuse
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 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
It is very unsanitary to throw all of the kitchen refuse in the same place year after year without resorting to any means for keeping the soil in a sanitary condition.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
Kitch′en-range, a kitchen grate with oven, boiler, &c. attached, for cooking; Kitch′en-stuff, material used in kitchens: kitchen refuse, esp. fat from pots, &c.;
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word