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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Rebecca Schwartz allegedly embezzled money from her husband for years, giving it to her kids and starting a marijuana grow house with her handyman, Florin said.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
The couple’s handyman, Albanian citizen Anton Stragaj, was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of accessory after the fact in 2021 and went to prison, Pinellas County records show.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Marion Gales was a 28-year-old handyman when Thomas, a 32-year-old women’s rights activist, was found slashed to death in her Cotswold home in southeast Charlotte.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Among them are José Arroyo, a disabled former master technician, Corrine Griffith, a disabled woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder and epilepsy and Michael Austin, a homeless handyman who lives in a tent with a spring mattress to help his arthritic back.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
The couple’s handyman, Albanian citizen Anton Stragaj, was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of accessory after the fact in 2021 and went to prison, Pinellas County records show.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Marion Gales was a 28-year-old handyman when Thomas, a 32-year-old women’s rights activist, was found slashed to death in her Cotswold home in southeast Charlotte.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
Among them are José Arroyo, a disabled former master technician, Corrine Griffith, a disabled woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder and epilepsy and Michael Austin, a homeless handyman who lives in a tent with a spring mattress to help his arthritic back.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Handyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handyman. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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