washer-upper

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Noun

washer-upper (plural washer-uppers)

1. (humorous) One who does the washing up.
   • 1988, Yiannis Gabriel, Working Lives in Catering:

     […] the young man or woman who serves us in the fast food outlet, the washer-upper, the supervisor and the manager.

   • 2001, Katey Day, Speeches: What to Say at Weddings and When to Say It:

     As my new mother-in-law said, she is not losing a daughter but gaining a washer-upper.

   • 2005, Marilyn Strathern, Kinship, Law and the Unexpected:

     […] not just as a tool extends human effort but as innovations substitute for old travails (the dishwasher purportedly releasing the washer-upper […]