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
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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
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.
The estimates of the quantities of nutrients were based upon the quantities of food materials for a term of three months and upon the table and kitchen refuse for a week.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
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