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
Haskins is away, and I doubt if Westover could come, for he's Officer of the Day, also bottle-washer.
From The Way of a Man by Hough, Emerson
Again, there was a certain vain native apothecary, and he had the idea that I was bottle-washer to the “Capella’s” surgeon, much to that fellow’s secret delight.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
Well, Ty's chief cook and bottle-washer to-night; and you know enough about him to understand what that means.
From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Douglas, Alan
"I'm the Vicar's bottle-washer, you know," added the curate, with a guffaw.
From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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