KITCHEN
ADJECTIVES
► CULINARIAN pert. to a kitchen → 1615
NOUNS
► ALABAMA KLEENEX toilet paper or absorbent kitchen paper → 1960s US sl.
► BEAN GUN a mobile kitchen → World War II US Army sl.
► CABOOSE a kitchen → M19 sl.
► ELL a kitchen → 1941 Amer. dial.
► INSEAT the kitchen in a farmhouse → 1877 Sc.
► JARBOX ► JAWBOX the kitchen sink → 20C Sc. sl.
► PIG-TUB the receptacle for kitchen-refuse → 1839 lower classes’ sl.
► SIDE-BOX KITCHEN a kitchen forming an addition to a house → 1971 Amer. dial.
► SINK-ROOM a scullery → 1869 US
► SOAP GUN a mobile army kitchen → 1918 US military sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ASHYPET a ‘Cinderella’ engaged in dirty kitchen work → 1822 Sc.
► BARMAN a kitchen-porter → Bk1862
► CUSTRON an assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant; a scullion → 1400 arch.
► HASTELER ► HASTLER a person employed in a kitchen who attended to the roasting of meat; one whose job is to turn the spit → 1440 obs.
► KITCHEN BIDDY a female kitchen work, as in a restaurant → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► KITCHENEER a kitchen manager, as in a restaurant → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► KITCHENIST one who works in a kitchen; a cook → a1618 obs.
► KITCHEN MECHANIC a kitchen worker in a restaurant → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► MARMITON a kitchen scullion → 1754
► PISS-KITCHEN a kitchen maid → 18C colloq.
► POT-WALLOPER a cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, one who cleans pots, a scullion, a person engaged in menial work → 1859 US sl.
► POT-WRESTLER a scullion or dishwasher; a kitchen-hand → 1817 US sl.
► SCODGIE ► SCODGY ► SCOGIE ► SCOUGIE ► SCUDGIE ► SKUDGY one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm → 1782 Sc.
► SERJEANT GARBAGER an officer of the royal kitchen, who had charge of the poultry → 1601 obs.
► SLUSHEY ► SLUSHIE ► SLUSHY a ship’s cook, esp. as a nickname; any cook; any unskilled kitchen or domestic help → 1859 sl.
► SWILLER a scullion; a person who swills dishes → a1500 obs.
► WHOOPER-DOOPER a kitchen worker in a restaurant → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
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