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He is also, on this occasion, the director, online cook and offline bottle-washer.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

Oliver was the carpenter of the party, the tent-builder, wood-getter, and general roustabout, while I, the junior, was "chief cook and bottle-washer."

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

The place was a vineyard, but it overhung the sea, and I got taken on as tame sailorman and emergency bottle-washer.

From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Don’t drop dead with astonishment, you chief cook and bottle-washer, because I have an idea.

From Those Dale Girls by Carruth, Frank Weston

He would consider it an honor to be bottle-washer to such a pious hero as General Joshua.

From Arrows of Freethought by Foote, G. W. (George William)