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garageman

American  
[guh-rahzh-man, -rahj-, gar-ij-, -ahzh-] / gəˈrɑʒˌmæn, -ˈrɑdʒ-, ˈgær ɪdʒ-, -ɑʒ- /

noun

plural

garagemen
  1. a person who works in a garage, as a mechanic or attendant.


Etymology

Origin of garageman

First recorded in 1915–20; garage + -man

Example Sentences

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When the battery goes bad, a garageman replaces the dead cell.

From Time Magazine Archive

A portable traffic light that can be set up in the center of the street and operated from the sidewalk has been developed by J. R. Vissing, a Jeffersonville, Ind. garageman.

From Time Magazine Archive

He telephoned a garage, ordered repairs, arranged that the garageman was to leave another automobile for his use.

From Time Magazine Archive

Toward noon Deputy Blunk called by long distance to say that the jailbreakers had released him and the garageman near Peotone, Ill., about 25 miles away, giving them $4 for carfare and a cigaret each.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow