kitchen refuse
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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
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She came to the door as I passed, spilled kitchen refuse over the edge of the door-stone, and vanished.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington
He was standing near a barrel which seemed to be used as a receptacle for the kitchen refuse of a house near by.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
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
Kitch′en-range, a kitchen grate with oven, boiler, &c. attached, for cooking; Kitch′en-stuff, material used in kitchens: kitchen refuse, esp. fat from pots, &c.;
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various