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repairman
[ri-pair-man, -muhn]
repairman
/ ɪˈɛəˌæ /
noun
a man whose job it is to repair machines, appliances, etc
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of repairman1
Example Sentences
And as Tony tells her about his experience, Carrie looks over to see the shop’s repairman fixing an old grandfather clock.
Several days later, the WinCo manager noticed a foul smell and called repairmen, who started removing bricks from a column outside the store and discovered a decomposing body.
A longtime resident of the north Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, Doug spends part of his days building electric vehicles for Ford as a machine repairman.
He remembered his father, Jose, a stove repairman who instilled in his son and daughter the importance of education, bemoaning the gerrymandering that kept Latinos from electing more of their own.
His business was as a repairman, though, and the watches he made were kept on a pair of shelves in the store.
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