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  • noun obsolete A kitchen servant; a cook.

Etymologies

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kitchen +‎ -er

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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!” —

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Now I just have to kitchener up the toe, weave in a few ends, and give the whole thing a good soak.

    Busy bee « Compulsive Knitter 2007

  • Now I just have to kitchener up the toe, weave in a few ends, and give the whole thing a good soak.

    2007 November « Compulsive Knitter 2007

  • Its arrangements included ten inviting bunks, a kitchener, and a table; the latter, moreover, had a brand-new American-cloth cover.

    The South Pole~ On the Way to the South 2009

  • 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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