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

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

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

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

Decaying vegetables or fruit, fermenting kitchen refuse and other materials sometimes also serve as breeding-places.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur