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bottlewasher chief cook and bottle washerOne who is involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up.See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washerhead cook and bottle washerOne who is involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up.See also: and, bottle, cook, head, washerchief cook and bottle washerFig. the person in charge of practically everything (such as in a very small business). I'm the chief cook and bottle washer around here. I do everything.See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washerchief cook and bottlewasherA person in charge of numerous duties, both vital and trivial, as in We have no secretaries or clerks; the department head is chief cook and bottlewasher and does it all . [Slang; c. 1840] See also: and, bottlewasher, chief, cookhead cook and bottle washer and chief cook and bottle washer n. someone who is in charge of trivial things as well as the important things. Ten years I’m here, and I’m just the head cook and bottle washer. The chief cook and bottle washer ends up doing everything that has to be done. See also: and, bottle, cook, head, washerchief cook and bottle washer verbSee head cook and bottle washerSee also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washerchief cook and bottle washerIndividual who has most of the many and quite varied responsibilities in an enterprise. This slangy Americanism originated in the first half of the 1800s. Alluding to kitchen duties, the term is used far more broadly, as in “Mr. Miller described himself as the ‘president, chief cook and bottle washer’ of his company” (New York Times, Nov. 7, 1992).See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer |