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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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 intermittent character of occupancy is also shown by the distinct segregation of numerous successive layers of kitchen refuse.
From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard
In some dietaries lately examined in Middletown, Conn., all the food has been carefully weighed and portions have been analyzed, and the same has been done with the table and kitchen refuse.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
Sinks must be set level, and provided with a strainer at the outlet to prevent large particles of kitchen refuse from being swept into the pipe and obstructing it.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm