kitchen refuse
Example Sentences
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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
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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 Snyder, Harry
Jup was charged with taking them their daily nourishment, the kitchen refuse, and he acquitted himself conscientiously of the task.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
He was standing near a barrel which seemed to be used as a receptacle for the kitchen refuse of a house near by.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
Seaweed and half-decayed fish refuse lay on the shore, while at the back of the houses were heaps of kitchen refuse, and other abominations.
From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Kielland, Alexander Lange