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- noun obsolete A
kitchen servant ; acook .
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Examples
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Then they carried the rest to the King's palace, where they called the kitchener and giving him the flesh said,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The fire showing under the little door of the kitchener was a bright red glowing ash, the redness that came into her imagination when the words "fire" or "heat" were used -- the red heart, burning and consuming itself in its passionate immolation.
Nocturne Frank Swinnerton 1933
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Then they carried the rest to the King’s palace, where they called the kitchener and giving him the flesh said, “Dress this meat daintily, with onion-sauce368 and spices, and ladle it out into two saucers and bring them hither at such an hour, without delay!” —
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The first WIP was - and I'm not joking, I discover this kind of thing about myself repeatedly - one sock for myself completed, plus the second sock completely knitted and just waiting for the toe to be kitchener stitched up.
A Craft Post girliejones 2010
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The first WIP was - and I'm not joking, I discover this kind of thing about myself repeatedly - one sock for myself completed, plus the second sock completely knitted and just waiting for the toe to be kitchener stitched up.
A Craft Post girliejones 2010
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When the nuns were seated, the Abbess came in, wearing a white apron and white sleeves, and with her came the kitchener, Sister Priscilla, bearing a great silver salver of fish.
Archive 2009-04-01 Eileen 2009
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Now I just have to kitchener up the toe, weave in a few ends, and give the whole thing a good soak.
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Now I just have to kitchener up the toe, weave in a few ends, and give the whole thing a good soak.
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Its arrangements included ten inviting bunks, a kitchener, and a table; the latter, moreover, had a brand-new American-cloth cover.
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They just want to know why the door has been slammed in their face. kitchener
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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