garageman

[ guh-rahzh-man, -rahj-or, especially British, gar-ij-, -ahzh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ga·rage·men.

First recorded in 1915–20; garage + -man

Its acceptance by the garageman imposes on him the duty of exercising due care for its safety and protection.

I got a heavy canvas lining, and the garageman patched and vulcanized and sold me a variety of appliances.

Who the garageman is, apparently as you say, that it came from a garageman somewhere.

He was wondering whether, after the summer's maturity of being a garageman, Ted would "get busy" in the university.

We got acquainted with the garageman's family, for one thing.

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