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be chief cook and bottle washer
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be chief cook and bottle washer (humorous)

to be the person who is responsible for cooking meals and washing the pans and dishes. It's my birthday party, so Alan is chief cook and bottle washer tonight.

See also: bottle, chief, cook

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wash
wash dirty laundry/linen in public
wash down
wash hands of
wash out
wash up
Wash your mouth out

washer
wasn't
waste
waste away
waste breath
waste no time in
waste of breath
waste on

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