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
Residents were handymen and nannies for residents in Hurst, Euless and Bedford.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Dec. 2025
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.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Dec. 2025
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.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handymen
doctors
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
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After four days in intensive care, doctors determined Jaxon had no brain activity and removed him from life support.
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“Handymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handymen. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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