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For 100 days, Iβll post something from my chosen topic: ClichΓ©s.
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Hereβs a clichΓ© for today:
Chief cook and bottle washer
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I tried to find the origin of Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. It sort of just slipped in. No one seems to know the origin. One source that I couldn’t find that was referenced in a forum said it is of Civil War origin. Several others say it was probably military jargon. I know contemporaries of my parents used it and I heard it years ago in the Navy. I had not heard it even in the Navy in several years, I think since the seventies.
The first reference I can find is from 1818 where it’s used to imply having knowledge of the operation from A to Z. In the other words the man knows how to cook and even knows how to wash up afterward. Sort of like the clerk who climbed the ladder department by department and job by job until eventually owning the company. Here’s a link to a book from 1836 where it’s mentioned in context. (page 497) http://books.google.com/books?id=-qoIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA497&dq=%22cook+and+bottle%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1700&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1840&num=100&as_brr=0&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22cook%20and%20bottle%22&f=false