handyman
noun
handy·man
ˈhan-dē-ˌman 
1
: a person who does odd jobs
2
: one competent in a variety of small skills or inventive or ingenious in repair or maintenance work
called also handyperson
Examples of handyman in a Sentence
hired a handyman to paint the porch, clean the gutters, and replace the broken window
Recent Examples on the Web
Among the people watching Sunday, for instance, were a handyman who works with the family’s properties, two high school friends of Mike, a retired basketball coach from a local high school, and John Madden’s longtime endocrinologist.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about the process is that Perel is a psychological handyman hired to fix their significant other.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a handyman going through the motions of living until the death of his brother.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024
Wilmore, a bit of a handyman who builds tables and sheds for his church, was tasked with servicing a pair of freezers used to hold research samples as well as refilling the coolant loops in one of the station’s water pumps.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about the process is that Perel is a psychological handyman hired to fix their significant other.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a handyman going through the motions of living until the death of his brother.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024
Wilmore, a bit of a handyman who builds tables and sheds for his church, was tasked with servicing a pair of freezers used to hold research samples as well as refilling the coolant loops in one of the station’s water pumps.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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handyman
noun
handy·man
-ˌman
: a person who does various small jobs
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