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  • noun Plural form of kitchener.

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Examples

  • Moreover he ordered the kitcheners to cook rich viands and serve them and he commanded the water carriers to dispose the water troughs.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then said the Moor, “Fall to poor fellow!”, and Judar said to him, “O my lord, thou carriest in yonder saddle bags kitchen and kitcheners!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • It was a feeble muddling with food over wood fires in rusty drawing-room fireplaces; for the kitcheners burnt too much.

    The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

  • In winter it is so cold that the kitcheners have to be kept burning day and night, and the windows, need-less to say, are never opened.

    The Road to Wigan Pier 2004

  • It is, however, not nearly so common as it once was, for with the stoves and kitcheners now in use, it is easier to bake, or, as it is called, to roast meat in the oven.

    Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

  • In winter it is so cold that the kitcheners have to be kept burning day and night, and the windows, need-less to say, are never opened.

    The Road to Wigan Pier 1937

  • It was a feeble muddling with food over wood fires in rusty drawing-room fireplaces; for the kitcheners burnt too much.

    The War in the Air 1906

  • It is in fact nothing but market gardens, a few houses where Venetian sportsmen stay when they shoot duck and are royally fed by kitcheners whose brass and copper make the mouth water, and a great forlorn solitary cathedral.

    A Wanderer in Venice Harry [Illustrator] Morley 1903

  • Moreover he ordered the kitcheners to cook rich viands and serve them and he commanded the water carriers to dispose the water troughs.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • So they slaughtered beeves and stabbed camels in the throat and the kitcheners and carpet-spreaders were commanded to prepare the stables, and the officers of the household were ordered to receive the guests by night and by day.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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