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chief cook and bottlewasher

chief cook and bot·tle·wash·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [cheef koo k and bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher]
    • /tʃif kʊk ænd ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [cheef koo k and bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher]
    • /tʃif kʊk ænd ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər/

Definitions of chief cook and bottlewasher words

  • noun chief cook and bottlewasher a person or machine that washes bottles. 1
  • idioms chief cook and 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. 1
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Origin of chief cook and bottlewasher

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 Chief cook and bottlewasher

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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chief cook and bottlewasher 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 67% 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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