fixer-upper
[fik-ser-uhp-er]
- 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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Origin of fixer-upper
fix up + -er1, pleonastically suffixed to both words
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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.”
White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Full CoverageApril 29, 2012