chief cook and bottlewasher



chief cook and bottlewasher

A 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, chief, cook

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Darina (2)-Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Fenton['fentən]
Dukvakha-Chechen
Anan (1)-Western African, Akan
HermanHUR-mən (English), HER-mahn (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Jolenejo-LEENEnglish