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  • noun humorous One who does the washing up.

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Examples

  • You'd look and see someone had turned it to a poem they wanted the next washer-upper to read.

    44 entries from December 2007 2007

  • You'd look and see someone had turned it to a poem they wanted the next washer-upper to read.

    The Diary of all Diaries 2007

  • You'd look and see someone had turned it to a poem they wanted the next washer-upper to read.

    The Diary of all Diaries 2007

  • Like Orwell, Modi is a plongeur, a washer-upper in a big restaurant and he works six days a week, 12 hours a day cleaning pots and pans.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Recently I returned to Grosvenor House for a lunch, back to where my career began as a washer-upper 43 years ago.

    Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch feedback@caterersearch.com 2010

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