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单词 kitchen police
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kitchen police

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noun Military.

soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
duty as assistant to the cooks. Abbreviation: K.P.

Origin of kitchen police

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby kitchen police

kitchen garden, kitchen kaffir, kitchenmaid, kitchen match, kitchen midden, kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware, kite, kite fighting
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Example sentences from the Web for kitchen police

  • Not kitchen-police work and endless drill and digging holes and taking baths.

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  • He was learning much more of kitchen-police work than of guard mount.

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British Dictionary definitions for kitchen police

kitchen police

pl n

US soldiers who have been detailed to work in the kitchen, esp as a punishmentAbbreviation: KP
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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