handyman
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handyman
- /ˈhændimæn/
noun handymen · handiman
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A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.
I complained that the heat was not working, and the landlord sent the handyman to fix it.
Similar: odd-job man
verb handymans · handymanning · handymanned · handiman
- To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs. Instead I walk, uncertainly across the concrete backyard my father and his friends handymanned into existence so proudly, so that none of us would ever have to play in dirt, in muck, in mud again.
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noun man who does odd tasks
| Español | manitas, todólogo, hacelotodo, mentolato, milusos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 便利屋 benriya |
| 中文 | 勤雜工 /勤杂工, 雜務工 /杂务工 |
| Português | faz-tudo |
| Français | homme à tout faire, bricoleur |
| Deutsch | Mädchen für alles, Heimwerker, Hausmeister, Handwerker, Reparateur, Handlanger |
| Italiano | tuttofare |
| Русский | умелец umelec, мастер на все руки master na vse ruki, разнорабочий raznorabočij |
| עברית | תיקונצ׳יק |
Talk about this word "handyman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/handyman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. handyman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/handyman "handyman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/handyman.
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@misc{handyman_2026,
title = {handyman},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handyman},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
