- 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
Jane Mucklow cooked for the wounded; Susan Yellam was installed as bottle-washer in chief.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
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
I'm only chief clerk and bottle-washer round here; but—" "Where is the doctor?
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst
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 Alan Douglas
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