bottle washern.
/ˈbɒtl ˌwɒʃə/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəl ˌwɔʃər/, /ˈbɑdəl ˌwɑʃər/ 1.
a. A person employed to wash bottles.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > one who > one who or machine which washes bottles
bottle washer1802
1802 N.Y. Herald 10 Nov. 1/3 Almost every officer in the ship, from the purser to the cook and bottle-washer, have been turned ashore.
1894 Daily News 8 Mar. 8/6 (advt.) Handy man as Bottlewasher or Kitchen Porter.
1908 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 759 Her zeal as bottle-washer knew no bounds, and indeed ended in tragedy when, by an unwise application of boiling water, she broke the bottle in two.
1945 Billboard 21 Apr. 65/1 Sam Rabbit is a bottle washer at National Dairy in New York.
2014 J. C. Stott New Mexico Beer v. 72 Ty..got his first job at the brewery as a bottle washer and is now director of brewing operations.
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.
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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.
2. A utensil or machine for washing bottles.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > [noun] > devices
comb-brush1611
pickler1758
pegwood1822
bottle washer1826
knife-board1829
riper1880
file-card1884
iron cloth1889
bottle-cleaner1896
soot-blower1930
1826 W. Darlington Florula Cestrica 15 The bristly spike of this remarkable species somewhat resembles an Apothecary's bottle-washer.
1865 Derby Mercury 1 Mar. Thoroughly cleaned by the steam bottle-washer.
1888 Med. Times 1 Mar. 349/2 A round brush, like a bottle washer.
1912 Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 2 634 Various mechanical automatic bottle washers are made by several manufacturers.
1961 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation 33 171/2 Spent water volumes emanating from the bottle washer.
2015 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 21 Mar. s24 Their commercial bottle washer makes for clean, sanitized bottles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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