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 Munguía, E. (Enrique)
In my company, when the top sergeant handed out a week of kitchen police to a buck, that buck was out of luck if he couldn't muster a grin and say: 'All right, sergeant.
From The Go-Getter by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
But I suddenly thought of a tour of kitchen police and restrained myself.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Crump, Irving
“Guess you forget the time you slept through first call, and had to do kitchen police for two days.”
From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence
