bottlewasher

American  

[bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher] / ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər /

Or bottle-washer

noun

1. a person or machine that washes bottles.

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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.

Etymology

Origin of bottlewasher

First recorded in 1860–65; bottle ¹ + washer

Example Sentences

We only keep one undersized girl," he explained more directly to Annie, "and Ellen has to be chief cook and bottlewasher herself.

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

In the box were "traps" innumerable in charge of Bert, who was "chief cook and bottlewasher."

From Short Stories of Various Types by Freck, Laura F.

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James