1 enlisted men detailed to help the cooks.
2 kitchen duty.
Etymology: abbr. of kitchen police
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noun
an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
• Syn: ↑kitchen police
• Hypernyms: ↑enlisted person
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I. abbreviation or noun (-s) kitchen police
II. abbreviation
1. king post
2. King's Proctor
3. knotty pine
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Chess.
king's pawn.
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abbrev
1. Kitchen police
2. Knight of (the Order of) St Patrick
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KP (no periods),
1. Chess. king's pawn.
2. kitchen police.
K.P.,
1. Knight of the Order of St. Patrick.
2. Knights of Pythias.
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abbr. kitchen police
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work done by soldiers in the kitchen, usually as a punishment
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The sergeant assigned him to KP.
From ‘kitchen police’, a name for the soldiers.Useful english dictionary. 2012.