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chief cook and bottle washer noun used as a humorous title for someone with important duties and responsibilities US, 1840 Often, not always, used with irony.- Mother as “chief cook and bottle washer,” responsible for all tasks that she cannot effectively delegate. — Howard Becker, Family, Marriage and Parenthood, p. 545, 1948
- Suppose you had a father like me–chief cook and bottle-washer at sea, and jack-of-all-trades on land. — S.N. Behrman et al., Fanny, p. 127, 1955
- G.M. Allen, cocalorum firechief, the town’s chief cook and bottle washer, got up and spoke with hawkshaw eloquence. — Joe Eszterhas, Charlie Simpson’s Apocalypse, p. 23, 1973
- The dads wore aprons that said “Chief Cook and Bottle Washer,” and they grilled burgers and hot dogs on backyard barbecues. — Caroline Kettlewell, Skin Game, p. 36, 1999
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