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
The question of the removal of kitchen refuse, manure, etc., from barracks next calls for notice.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
They originated with pile dwellings in shallow water, where the kitchen refuse, chiefly shells, accumulates and rises above the surface, when the building appears to stand on posts in a low mound.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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 Harry Snyder
It was the daily duty of these two students to carry to the pigs this large tub full of kitchen refuse.
From Peter the Priest by Mór Jókai
