as in handyman
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
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She was called to testify at the civil trial after Saxon, a 35-year-old musician, vintage record dealer, and handyman, filed legal claims in 2023 over his seven-week tenure working on the house in late 2021.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Robert Anderson, the lead detective on the case, got the copies, one of which was a letter that Friedmann had addressed to a relative of his by marriage, Greg Hall (no relation to the sheriff), a handyman who lived in a Nashville apartment complex where Friedmann had once resided.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Some doctors diagnose the folate condition using a specialty laboratory test that isn't FDA-approved.—
MATTHEW PERRONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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People who test positive but have no symptoms likely have latent tuberculosis and should get a chest X-ray and see a doctor, since treatment can prevent active disease from developing.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Handyperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handyperson. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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