- a variation of bottlewasher.
bottle-washer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He is also, on this occasion, the director, online cook and offline bottle-washer.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013
Immediately behind them, on the steps of the baronial halls, were ranged his retainers, led by the chief cook and bottle-washer and head crumb-remover.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
The place was a vineyard, but it overhung the sea, and I got taken on as tame sailorman and emergency bottle-washer.
From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
He's simply a sort of bottle-washer to the firm.
From A Prefect's Uncle by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
He would consider it an honor to be bottle-washer to such a pious hero as General Joshua.
From Arrows of Freethought by G. W. (George William) Foote
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