bottlewasher

or bot·tle-wash·er

[ bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]

noun

a person or machine that washes bottles.

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

Words Nearby bottlewasher

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How to use bottlewasher in a sentence

He's head bottlewasher to every institution at the school, and don't you forget it.
King of Ranleigh | F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
Delahunt of Camden street had the catering and yours truly was chief bottlewasher.
Ulysses | James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for bottle-washer

bottle-washer

noun

informal a menial or factotum

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