Chief cook and bottle washer
[bot-l-wosh-er, -waw-sher] /ˈbɒt lˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər/
noun
1.
a person or machine that washes .
Idioms
2.
chief cook and bottlewasher, a person who does a wide variety of routine, sometimes menial, tasks:
He’s not just sales manager, he’s the chief cook and bottlewasher in this firm.
noun phrase
a person who is in charge but who also has to attend to the details and menial tasks; supervisor
Usage Note
slang
noun phrase
The person in charge; honcho (1830s+)
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