| 单词 | chief cook and bottle-washer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschief (or head) cook and bottle-washer b. humorous. A person who performs routine, sometimes menial, tasks; a factotum. Chiefly in chief (or head) cook and bottle-washer: a person who is responsible for a large number of both trivial and important tasks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who does everything factotum1562 do-all1631 kitchen porter1769 bottle washer1835 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > factotum both-hands1631 man Fridaya1809 factotum1824 man-of-all-work1830 bottle washer1835 bumboy1907 1835 Knickerbocker Jan. 24 The Devil is chief cook and bottle-washer for the slave-trade. 1837 Metropolitan Mag. Sept. 374 I can send my message by my trusty bottle-washer and associate. 1863 J. D. Hooker Let. 31 July in C. Darwin Corr. (1999) XI. 574 My Father is away & I am ‘Head-clerk, Cook & bottle-washer’ to the Establishment. 1921 National Rev. Oct. 189 It appears that Captain Wright was just a bottle-washer in the office of the Supreme War Council who occasionally got a peep at some secret papers. 1928 East End Star May 3/3 She is Superintendent, Treasurer, cook and bottlewasher. 1955 Hudson Rev. 8 49 Beelzebub's bottle-washer..you little fetch-and-carrier for that Smell in Hell. 2005 N.Y. Times 17 July 26/2 Ms. Askew is..for the most part..chief cook, bottle washer and accountant. < as lemmas |
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