kitchen refuse

Example Sentences

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They slept beneath a set of stairs in an alley behind a tavern, tucked between a discarded stove and bags of kitchen refuse.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The fragments of earthenware belong to articles of domestic use; with them are found querns, moulds for metal, portions of cabin floors, and great quantities of kitchen refuse.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

It was the daily duty of these two students to carry to the pigs this large tub full of kitchen refuse.

From Peter the Priest by Jókai, Mór

The question of the removal of kitchen refuse, manure, etc., from barracks next calls for notice.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various

Burn all solid kitchen refuse as fast as it accumulates.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam