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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bottlewasher

The newlywed bottlewasher is alarmed that his bride wants him to fix the roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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

From Short Stories of Various Types by Laura F. Freck

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 William Dean Howells

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