- a variation of bottlewasher.
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
Dotty called it the G. A. A. crown and fastened one around Betty’s locks, saying that she was chief cook and bottle-washer and must have one whether she really cooked or not.
From Betty Lee, Sophomore by Grove, Harriet Pyne
The place was a vineyard, but it overhung the sea, and I got taken on as tame sailorman and emergency bottle-washer.
From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
He would consider it an honor to be bottle-washer to such a pious hero as General Joshua.
From Arrows of Freethought by Foote, G. W. (George William)
I shall expect you to be chief cook, but not bottle-washer.
From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell
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