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

How to use bottlewasher in a sentence

Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
How to Saber a Champagne Bottle|James Joiner, The Daily Beast Video|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That means that Champagne is fermented a second time in the bottle when sealed closed, which naturally produces the bubbles.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you need to store the bottle in the fridge, let it warm up for a few minutes on the counter before serving.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I get the bottle while he opens a desk drawer containing two glasses.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He said officers no longer arrest people for merely having an open beer bottle but instead ask them to leave the alcohol behind.
The Corrupt Cops of Rebel-Held East Ukraine|Kristina Jovanovski|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the little girls in pigtails was holding him, while Miss Anne administered the feeding-bottle.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
An hour later, I heard he was dead: that on his way to his home he had purchased a bottle of laudanum and swallowed the contents!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
He started a guerilla campaign against the obsession with the aid of the brandy bottle.
Uncanny Tales|Various
We too are in sympathy with those miners who are now faced with only one bottle of champagne a day.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bottlewasher

bottle-washer

noun

informal a menial or factotum

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