| 词汇 | kp |
| 词源 | K.P. K.P. became the abbreviation for kitchen police, those soldiers selected to peel potatoes, wash pots and pans, clean grease traps etc., in World War I, not World War II, as is com- monly believed. The verb police, meaning “to clean up an area,” is first recorded in 1893, and may be a corruption of polish. |
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