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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Investigators later learned that the intruder was a handyman named Michael Miller — who Randolph hired to kill Sharon, his sixth wife, in order to collect more than $300,000 in insurance money, prosecutors said, per the outlet.
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Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024
On Wednesday, Daniel Burda, a live-in handyman at Day's home in Phoenix, Ore., was sentenced to four-plus years in prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide and abuse of a corpse on Monday.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 July 2024
Burda was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, OR.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Most of the comic relief is courtesy of Frick-and-Frack handyman brothers Neil and Ted Fak (played by Matty Matheson and Ricky Staffieri) and a little of their schtick goes a long way.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2024
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Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024
On Wednesday, Daniel Burda, a live-in handyman at Day's home in Phoenix, Ore., was sentenced to four-plus years in prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide and abuse of a corpse on Monday.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 July 2024
Burda was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, OR.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Most of the comic relief is courtesy of Frick-and-Frack handyman brothers Neil and Ted Fak (played by Matty Matheson and Ricky Staffieri) and a little of their schtick goes a long way.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2024
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handyman
noun
handy·man
-ˌman
: a person who does various small jobs
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