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be the chief cook and bottle washer

To be 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, washer

chief cook and bottle washer

One 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, washer

gully washer

An extremely heavy rainstorm that usually lasts a short amount of time. That gully washer at 3 AM woke me up because the pouring rain was so loud on the roof!
See also: washer

head cook and bottle washer

One 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, washer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chief cook and bottle washer

Fig. 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, washer
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

chief cook and bottle-washer

a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks. informal
See also: and, chief, cook
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

head 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, washer

chief cook and bottle washer

verb
See head cook and bottle washer
See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

chief cook and bottle washer

Individual 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
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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  • bottlewasher
  • chief cook and bottle washer
  • chief cook and bottlewasher
  • chief cook and bottle-washer
  • head cook and bottle washer
  • cook
  • crack a bottle
  • on the bottle
  • stubbie
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* purchase two small-capacity commercial washer extractors rather than one big one.
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Note bulging of the washer at both inner and outer bores.
Nearly four years after washing its hands of the pressure washer business, Coleman Powermate is back with a vengeance.
Consumer Alert was among those giving the Department of Energy (DOE) negative feedback on proposed clothes washer rules that promise to drive up the cost of washing machines for every consumer.
Using an Aurum thrust washer machined from a plate, the company performed durability testing on a rig designed to simulate the off-highway transmission environment.
Summary: Demand for cell line development in cancer research across the globe has fueled the growth of cell washer market.