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kitchen police
noun
- soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
- duty as assistant to the cooks. : K.P.
kitchen police
plural noun
- soldiers who have been detailed to work in the kitchen, esp as a punishment KP
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kitchen police1
Example Sentences
Sent to Germany, he spent a couple of months washing pots and pans on kitchen police duty before jumping at the chance to be a military policeman.
Then he visited the kitchen police, who found something for him, after which he made the rounds of the mess tables, coming back to me actually bloated with food.
On the way to Europe he had been in charge of the kitchen police on board the transport and here had earned himself the name of "Spuds" Murphy.
A large tent was erected for the kitchen and it was there that the men were initiated into the secrets of "kitchen police."
Since more than 2.500 men were served in the forward mess hall in approximately two hours, the force of “kitchen police†required was large.
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