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bottlewasher

or bot·tle-wash·er

[ bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]
/ ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər /
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noun
a person or machine that washes bottles.
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Idioms about bottlewasher

    chief cook and bottlewasher, a person who does a wide variety of routine, sometimes menial, tasks: He's not just sales manager, he's the chief cook and bottlewasher in this firm.

Origin of bottlewasher

First recorded in 1860–65; bottle1 + washer
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British Dictionary definitions for bottlewasher

bottle-washer

noun
informal a menial or factotum
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