handymen

plural of handyman
as in doctors
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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Recent Examples of handymen The bar and restaurant, nestled inside an old blue-and-yellow Victorian house just off of Highway 1, comes from owners Casey Plemons and Paul Watson, who, over their 10 years of friendship, have worked together as bartenders and handymen — and started a punk rock band called the Koffs. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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doctors
Noun
  • Following the surgery, his body swelled dangerously, and his lungs collapsed, forcing doctors to place him on a ventilator.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But everything changed when doctors tried a cutting-edge approach to pain management.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Handymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handymen. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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