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
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)
I am not only 'delegate of finances' and paymaster-general, but head cook and bottle-washer in all that concerns monetary matters to the Central-Committee.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
"I'm the Vicar's bottle-washer, you know," added the curate, with a guffaw.
From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
I am a-thinking you will be chief cook and bottle-washer at that sarching, for the appintment is at hand.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
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