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

A few moments later I had completed my task as general bottle-washer, and I cast about for something to occupy me.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
He got a job as "a sort of bottle-washer at six dollars a week," he says, in a chemical shop in New York.
The History of the Telephone|Herbert N. Casson
Kitchen, chief-cook and bottle-washer in the establishment of Mrs. Franke, out on the "Cerro."
Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers|George W. Carleton
Jane Mucklow cooked for the wounded; Susan Yellam was installed as bottle-washer in chief.
The Soul of Susan Yellam|Horace Annesley Vachell

However, when I set up housekeeping, Romoldo was promoted to the office of chief cook and only bottle washer.
A Woman's Impression of the Philippines|Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

British Dictionary definitions for bottlewasher

bottle-washer

noun

informal a menial or factotum

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