bottlewasher

or bot·tle-wash·er

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

noun

1. a person or machine that washes bottles. bottle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottlewasher¹

First recorded in 1860–65; bottle ¹ + washer

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. 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.

Example Sentences

He's head bottlewasher to every institution at the school, and don't you forget it.

From Project Gutenberg

Delahunt of Camden street had the catering and yours truly was chief bottlewasher.

From Project Gutenberg