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)
Each crew in turn became kitchen, police, and dish, during three days, and on the fourth, the off crew.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 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
"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
