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

The colonel, therefore, instead of sentencing him to be shot, kicked his buttocks roundly for him and assigned him to kitchen police.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)

In my company, when the top sergeant handed out a week of kitchen police to a buck, that buck was out of luck if he couldn't muster a grin and say: 'All right, sergeant.

From The Go-Getter by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

We had become quite proficient with shovels and push-brooms, by reason of previous experience, and strangely enough the men usually chose this duty in preference to the daily duties of kitchen police and guard.

From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various

Each crew in turn became kitchen, police, and dish, during three days, and on the fourth, the off crew.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various