Handyman
noun
A person who repairs and maintains houses, gardening, electronics etc.
My sink was leaking, so I hired a handyman to fix it.
Often appears as...
- hire a handyman
- find a handyman
noun
A person skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.
I'm not a professional painter, just a handyman who can help with small household jobs.
Often appears as...
- wonderful handyman
- experienced handyman
noun
A person who repairs and maintains houses, gardening, electronics etc.
My sink was leaking, so I hired a handyman to fix it.
Often appears as...
- hire a handyman
- find a handyman
noun
A person skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.
I'm not a professional painter, just a handyman who can help with small household jobs.
Often appears as...
- wonderful handyman
- experienced handyman
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Repair Expertise
A handyman usually has practical skills to fix common household problems.
When our door hinge broke, the handyman fixed it in no time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Professional
A handyman may not have formal qualifications like a licensed plumber or electrician.
For wiring issues, you might prefer a licensed electrician over a handyman.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Services
A handyman can often handle a variety of tasks, not just one type of repair.
The handyman we hired did both the painting and the deck repairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Repair Expertise
A handyman usually has practical skills to fix common household problems.
When our door hinge broke, the handyman fixed it in no time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Professional
A handyman may not have formal qualifications like a licensed plumber or electrician.
For wiring issues, you might prefer a licensed electrician over a handyman.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Services
A handyman can often handle a variety of tasks, not just one type of repair.
The handyman we hired did both the painting and the deck repairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Repair Expertise
A handyman usually has practical skills to fix common household problems.
When our door hinge broke, the handyman fixed it in no time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Professional
A handyman may not have formal qualifications like a licensed plumber or electrician.
For wiring issues, you might prefer a licensed electrician over a handyman.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Services
A handyman can often handle a variety of tasks, not just one type of repair.
The handyman we hired did both the painting and the deck repairs.
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What to do when...
He was standing over my piggy bank with his hammer raised high. He was fixing to steal my coins. And you see, my uncle Freeman was a handyman. He could fix anything -- a broken chair, a shattered pot --
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Why should you read...
A traveling handyman teaches a deaf woman her first word on an old plantation. From her farm in rural Georgia, surrounded by a flock of pet birds, Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts,
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
almost superhuman it's got shortened fingers and it lacks curvature in those fingers it is more advanced than the Homo habilis hand for which handyman and the first ancient
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What to do when...
He was standing over my piggy bank with his hammer raised high. He was fixing to steal my coins. And you see, my uncle Freeman was a handyman. He could fix anything -- a broken chair, a shattered pot --
Video examples
Why should you read...
A traveling handyman teaches a deaf woman her first word on an old plantation. From her farm in rural Georgia, surrounded by a flock of pet birds, Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts,
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
almost superhuman it's got shortened fingers and it lacks curvature in those fingers it is more advanced than the Homo habilis hand for which handyman and the first ancient
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Quote examples
Max von Essen
American Actor
I was a handyman in an office building across from Penn Station for two entire summers while I was still in school and the summer after. I had to wear a big, gray jumpsuit kind of thing that had the name of the company in a big patch on my chest, and I was sent to fix things and didn't know what I was doing.
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Frank Crowninshield
American Journalist
My sense of loneliness was not particularly great until I reached sixty. From that time on, I would have given an ex-king's ransom if I had been able, in my youth to seduce a lady into thinking of me as a handyman and provider around the house.
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Takashi Miike
Japanese Director
The position of an assistant director in Japan is a handyman who does everything if necessary. They must overcome the unreasonable demands of hard-hearted and whimsical directors, and staff with different personalities or habits.
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Charles Bradley
American Musician
When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman in his studio. I asked him for a chance, and he gave me a song to sing with Sharon Jones.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur.
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Luke Evans
Welsh Actor
I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.
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Marshall Brickman
American Writer
If I weren't a film maker, I'd probably be a handyman.
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Max von Essen
American Actor
I was a handyman in an office building across from Penn Station for two entire summers while I was still in school and the summer after. I had to wear a big, gray jumpsuit kind of thing that had the name of the company in a big patch on my chest, and I was sent to fix things and didn't know what I was doing.
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Frank Crowninshield
American Journalist
My sense of loneliness was not particularly great until I reached sixty. From that time on, I would have given an ex-king's ransom if I had been able, in my youth to seduce a lady into thinking of me as a handyman and provider around the house.
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Takashi Miike
Japanese Director
The position of an assistant director in Japan is a handyman who does everything if necessary. They must overcome the unreasonable demands of hard-hearted and whimsical directors, and staff with different personalities or habits.
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Charles Bradley
American Musician
When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman in his studio. I asked him for a chance, and he gave me a song to sing with Sharon Jones.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur.
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Luke Evans
Welsh Actor
I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.
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Marshall Brickman
American Writer
If I weren't a film maker, I'd probably be a handyman.
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