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washer-upper

noun

washer-upper

noun
1

Humorous One who does the washing up.

  • […] the young man or woman who serves us in the fast food outlet, the washer-upper, the supervisor and the manager.1988, Yiannis Gabriel, Working Lives in Catering:
  • As my new mother-in-law said, she is not losing a daughter but gaining a washer-upper.2001, Katey Day, Speeches: What to Say at Weddings and When to Say It:
1 more example
  • […] not just as a tool extends human effort but as innovations substitute for old travails (the dishwasher purportedly releasing the washer-upper […]2005, Marilyn Strathern, Kinship, Law and the Unexpected:

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