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garageman

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

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noun, plural ga·rage·men.

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

Origin of garageman

First recorded in 1915–20; garage + -man

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for garageman

Historical Examples of garageman

We got acquainted with the garageman's family, for one thing.
The Car That Went Abroad
Albert Bigelow Paine
He was wondering whether, after the summer's maturity of being a garageman, Ted would "get busy" in the university.
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
Who the garageman is, apparently as you say, that it came from a garageman somewhere.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Its acceptance by the garageman imposes on him the duty of exercising due care for its safety and protection.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman
Albert Sidney Bolles
I got a heavy canvas lining, and the garageman patched and vulcanized and sold me a variety of appliances.
The Car That Went Abroad
Albert Bigelow Paine