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

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

Finally, the girl stopped as a stout woman appeared at a grille with a paper of kitchen refuse which she was about to throw into the street.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

Seaweed and half-decayed fish refuse lay on the shore, while at the back of the houses were heaps of kitchen refuse, and other abominations.

From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Kielland, Alexander Lange

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