KP

n. US Mil. colloq.
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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KP 7 [KP] [ˌkeɪ ˈpiː] [ˌkeɪ ˈpiː] noun uncountable (NAmE)

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.