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
I shall expect you to be chief cook, but not bottle-washer.
From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell
Jane Mucklow cooked for the wounded; Susan Yellam was installed as bottle-washer in chief.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
At the same meeting it was brought out that a Negro by the name of Phillip J. Allston was chemist for the Potter Chemical Company, having risen from bottle-washer to that responsible post.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)
When still a mere child, he had gone to work in a brewery as bottle-washer, and later as a lower servant in a house.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas
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