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
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  • Ascension Wisconsin patients insured by UnitedHealthcare are scrambling to find new doctors or rearrange their health care plans, after contract negotiations between the health system and insurer failed.
    Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The conjoined twins, originally born in Mexico, have defied odds through the years and have lived far past doctors' expectations, PEOPLE previously reported.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Handymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handymen. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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