What does washer-upper mean?

washer-upper

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

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Humorous

"[…] the young man or woman who serves us in the fast food outlet, the washer-upper, the supervisor and the manager."
"As my new mother-in-law said, she is not losing a daughter but gaining a washer-upper."
"[…] not just as a tool extends human effort but as innovations substitute for old travails (the dishwasher purportedly releasing the washer-upper […]"

washer-uppers (plural)

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