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- [bot-l wosh-er, waw-sher]
- /ˈbɒt l ˈwɒʃ ər, ˈwɔ ʃər/
- /ˈbɒtl ˈwɒʃ.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bot-l wosh-er, waw-sher]
- /ˈbɒt l ˈwɒʃ ər, ˈwɔ ʃər/
Definitions of bottle-washer word
- noun bottle-washer a menial or factotum 3
- noun bottle-washer a person or machine that washes bottles. 1
- idioms bottle-washer 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. 1
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Origin of bottle-washer
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; bottle1 + washer
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Parts of speech for Bottle-washer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bottle-washer popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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