kitchen police

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Jimmy Durante got himself made "honorary brigadier general" and honorary head of kitchen police, at Camp Langdon, N.H.

From Time Magazine Archive

On which is kept a record of all details for guard duty, kitchen police, and other details for service in garrison and in the field, except the authorized special and extra duty details.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

A large tent was erected for the kitchen and it was there that the men were initiated into the secrets of "kitchen police."

From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various

“Guess you forget the time you slept through first call, and had to do kitchen police for two days.”

From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence

But I suddenly thought of a tour of kitchen police and restrained myself.

From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Crump, Irving