as in doctor
a person who does general repairs or maintenance work
hired a handyman to paint the porch, clean the gutters, and replace the broken window
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Bernie looks and sounds like your basic bumbling small-screen patriarch — complete with slippers and Jesus sweater — until a trio of Russian handymen led by the villainous Piotr (Jan Bijovet) begin to steadily rip apart his home board by board and promptly take Bernie’s entire family hostage.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
In this coming-of-age comedy, a fourteen-year-old wannabe playwright becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
In this coming-of-age comedy, a fourteen-year-old wannabe playwright becomes enamored with a local handyman over the course of summer vacation.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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“Handyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handyman. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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