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
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.
Decaying vegetables or fruit, fermenting kitchen refuse and other materials sometimes also serve as breeding-places.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
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
Sinks must be set level, and provided with a strainer at the outlet to prevent large particles of kitchen refuse from being swept into the pipe and obstructing it.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
