/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Bottle-washer (Head)
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Chief agent; the principal man employed by another; a factotum. Head waiter or butler (botteller).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.