handypeople

plural of handyperson
as in doctors
a person who does general repairs or maintenance work she's a real handyperson who can fix anything around the house

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Noun
  • But what doctors have recently uncovered is that dropping estrogen levels around this period might also spell trouble for women’s brain health.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • 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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“Handypeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handypeople. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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