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fixer-upper
[ fik-ser-uhp-er ]
noun
, Informal.
- a person who is handy at making repairs.
- a rundown dwelling offered at a bargain price and suitable for improvement by a new owner, often with the object of resale at a considerable profit.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fixer-upper1
fix up + -er 1, pleonastically suffixed to both words
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Example Sentences
The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.
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Nogales owns four homes, which he bought "one fixer upper at a time" and rents to winter visitors.
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The president took aim at Mitt Romney, at one point saying that Romney would call the Hilton ballroom a “fixer-upper.”
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