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

From Time Magazine Archive

How elusive damage can be is shown by the case of a garageman, cited by Neurosurgeon Arthur Winter of East Orange, N.J.

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

For the second time within a month, Ann Cooper Hewitt Gay, inventor's heiress who two years ago sued her mother for tricking her into a sterilization operation, was separated from her garageman husband, Ronald Gay.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a garage keeper or his servant negligently runs a machine left in his custody for storage or repairs, the garageman is liable for the damage resulting to the owner.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

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