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

The fragments of earthenware belong to articles of domestic use; with them are found querns, moulds for metal, portions of cabin floors, and great quantities of kitchen refuse.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

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

To these accumulations the characteristic name of KITCHENMIDDINGS, or kitchen refuse, has been given.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

She came to the door as I passed, spilled kitchen refuse over the edge of the door-stone, and vanished.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington