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 E. (Enrique) Munguía
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
The line is especially long on mornings when they know we are in for two hours of “settin’-ups” or when some especially hard detail such as camp orderly or kitchen police has been handed out.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
I have a side partner on the kitchen police.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
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