Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Chess.
- king’s pawn.
- Knights of Pythias.
- Military. kitchen police.
- Knight of the Order of St. Patrick.
- Knights of Pythias.
the internet domain name for
- Democratic Republic of Korea
abbreviation for
- Knight (of the Order) of St Patrick
- US military kitchen police
symbol for
- chess king’s pawn
“kitchen duty,” 1935, apparently short for kitchen police (duties), itself attested from 1933 as part of Boy Scouting and other camping activities; the expression’s sense sometimes shifted to kitchen patrol (1940) during World War II.