bottlewasher

or bot·tle-wash·er

[ bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]
/ ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər /

noun

a person or machine that washes bottles.

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Idioms for 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

Words nearby bottlewasher

bottlehead, bottleneck, bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin, bottler, bottlewasher, bottom, bottom bolt, bottom break, bottom dead centre, bottom dog
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British Dictionary definitions for bottle-washer

bottle-washer

noun

informal a menial or factotum
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