bottlewasher
or bot·tle-wash·er
a person or machine that washes bottles.
Idioms about bottlewasher
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.
Origin of bottlewasher
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How to use bottlewasher in a sentence
A few moments later I had completed my task as general bottle-washer, and I cast about for something to occupy me.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. ChambersHe got a job as "a sort of bottle-washer at six dollars a week," he says, in a chemical shop in New York.
The History of the Telephone | Herbert N. CassonKitchen, chief-cook and bottle-washer in the establishment of Mrs. Franke, out on the "Cerro."
Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers | George W. CarletonJane Mucklow cooked for the wounded; Susan Yellam was installed as bottle-washer in chief.
The Soul of Susan Yellam | Horace Annesley VachellHowever, when I set up housekeeping, Romoldo was promoted to the office of chief cook and only bottle washer.
A Woman's Impression of the Philippines | Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee
British Dictionary definitions for bottle-washer
informal a menial or factotum
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