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 fragments of earthenware belong to articles of domestic use; with them are found querns, moulds for metal, portions of cabin floors, and great quantities of kitchen refuse.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

Why should special attention be given to the sanitary disposal of kitchen refuse?

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

She came to the door as I passed, spilled kitchen refuse over the edge of the door-stone, and vanished.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington

The intermittent character of occupancy is also shown by the distinct segregation of numerous successive layers of kitchen refuse.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard