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

“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

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

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)

There were a few details, such as sweeping the cars, kitchen police or serving the meals "de luxe" to the boys, but the old beloved guard detail was not left to the privates.

From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various