handyman

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From handy + -man.

She recalled him--the town handyman, who had repaired their furnace at the beginning of winter. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
[A16-309] In September 1962, Frank Ferraro, the Carousel’s handyman, became involved in a dispute at a nearby bar. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
In the preceding spring Clifford had been taken on the Chronicle on trial, as a sort of general handyman. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

jack of all trades, odd-job man

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