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
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Defense attorney Stanley Woodward told the court that since his arrest, Johnston has worked as a handyman.
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Criminal proceedings against a handyman who prosecutors say fatally shot a beloved L.A. bishop last year were suspended Thursday after attorneys raised doubts about his competence to stand trial.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In this new incarnation, Justina Machado plays a veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps who’s raising two kids with the help of her mom (Rita Moreno) in an apartment owned by Pat Schneider (Todd Grinnell), who also doubles as the handyman.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
The book opens with the 1982 murder of a well-off elderly white woman, Dorothy Edwards, in Greenwood, South Carolina—a murder for which Elmore, an intellectually disabled Black handyman, is swiftly convicted and sentenced to death.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Criminal proceedings against a handyman who prosecutors say fatally shot a beloved L.A. bishop last year were suspended Thursday after attorneys raised doubts about his competence to stand trial.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In this new incarnation, Justina Machado plays a veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps who’s raising two kids with the help of her mom (Rita Moreno) in an apartment owned by Pat Schneider (Todd Grinnell), who also doubles as the handyman.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
The book opens with the 1982 murder of a well-off elderly white woman, Dorothy Edwards, in Greenwood, South Carolina—a murder for which Elmore, an intellectually disabled Black handyman, is swiftly convicted and sentenced to death.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Handyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handyman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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handyman
noun
handy·man
-ˌman
: a person who does various small jobs
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