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

"I think he has," said Peter, "but the trouble is he feels that he's got a permanent assignment on kitchen police."

From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood

The line is especially long on mornings when they know we are in for two hours of “settin’-ups” or when some especially hard detail such as camp orderly or kitchen police has been handed out.

From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Crump, Irving

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)

Orderlies, kitchen police and cooks were furnished to the American Red Cross Hospital and helpers to American Red Cross Headquarters.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.