- a variation of bottlewasher.
bottle-washer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He is also, on this occasion, the director, online cook and offline bottle-washer.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013
Next to Madame, Gertie would be considered, so to speak, as head cook and bottle-washer.
From Love at Paddington by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)
I'm only chief clerk and bottle-washer round here; but—" "Where is the doctor?
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
Dotty called it the G. A. A. crown and fastened one around Betty’s locks, saying that she was chief cook and bottle-washer and must have one whether she really cooked or not.
From Betty Lee, Sophomore by Grove, Harriet Pyne
I am a-thinking you will be chief cook and bottle-washer at that sarching, for the appintment is at hand.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
