kitchen police

noun

, Military.

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

kitchen police

plural noun

1. soldiers who have been detailed to work in the kitchen, esp as a punishment KP

Word History and Origins

Origin of kitchen police¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Guess you forget the time you slept through first call, and had to do kitchen police for two days.

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

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A large tent was erected for the kitchen and it was there that the men were initiated into the secrets of "kitchen police."

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They came to their feet as kitchen police in the presence of the Commanding General, which is with the speed of the lightning.

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What a first-rate kitchen police in a Home Guard outfit that bimbo would make!

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