cook-general
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Have you any sort of idea what it means to keep a home going with big ideas and little means, and a cook-general to thwart your efforts?
From The Love Affairs of Pixie by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
And the household generally was in the hands of a trustworthy cook-general, who maintained a tolerable routine.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
A little while ago this praise would have made her glow sweetly, but now it tasted sour in her mouth; she did not particularly wish to be a magnificent cook-general, a magnificent charwoman.
From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May
She and a cook-general make up the establishment.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
And, by the way, I'm greatly in need of a cook-general, if you happen to see one.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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