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
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We had become quite proficient with shovels and push-brooms, by reason of previous experience, and strangely enough the men usually chose this duty in preference to the daily duties of kitchen police and guard.
From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various
A large tent was erected for the kitchen and it was there that the men were initiated into the secrets of "kitchen police."
From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various
On the way to Europe he had been in charge of the kitchen police on board the transport and here had earned himself the name of "Spuds" Murphy.
From Average Americans by Roosevelt, Theodore
“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