bottlewasher

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noun

A machine (or, rarely, a person) that washes bottles.

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Meanings

nounbottlewasher (plural bottlewashers)

plural bottlewashers · alternative bottle washer

  1. A machine (or, rarely, a person) that washes bottles.
  2. A general factotum.

    The damned bottle-washers stood about listening with their mouths stretched from ear to ear.

    1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page 47
  3. slanggovernmentAn engineer.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chief cook and bottle washer

Origin

From bottle + washer.

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Cite this entry
APA

bottlewasher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottlewasher

MLA

“bottlewasher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottlewasher. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bottlewasher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottlewasher.

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