chief cook and bottle washer
lˌwɒʃ noun
Idioms 1.
a person or machine that washes bottles.
2.
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.
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| Main Entry: | chief cook and bottle washer |
| Part of Speech: | n phr |
| Definition: | a person who is in charge but who also has to attend to the details and menial tasks; supervisor |
| Usage: | slang |
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