utility man


noun
  1. a worker expected to serve in any capacity when called on.

  2. an actor of miscellaneous small parts.

  1. Baseball. a player who is not a regular and whose value lies in an ability to play several positions.

Origin of utility man

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby utility man

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How to use utility man in a sentence

  • Then there is the comment of Patrick, our neighbor's utility man: "They know the char-acter you've made with that gun."

    A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. | William Chauncey Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for utility man

utility man

nounmainly US
  1. a worker who is expected to serve in any of several capacities

  2. an actor who plays any of numerous small parts

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