repairman
Americannoun
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repairmen
plural
noun
Gender
See -man.
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Origin of repairman
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In a workshop in Old Havana, amid cracked walls and aging work tools, 54-year-old repairman Rogelio Valdivia describes himself as a bonafide "Fidelista."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Service stations remained scarce, but gasoline could be purchased at hardware stores, and every town had a tinkerer or two—often a bicycle repairman turned mechanic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Before the war, the 34-year-old lived with his wife and daughter and worked in Moscow as a dishwasher repairman.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
“It’s not a good look,” a city repairman told me while fixing a sprinkler at Griffith Park Recreation Center, where the historic swimming pool is an empty tank, out of service since 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
Before long, people are stopping by Children’s House every week to ask for the radio repairman.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Yau said fewer than five repairmen like him remain in Hong Kong practising this "barely profitable" umbrella trade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
Delo said Tomlinson brought repairmen into the area and at one point reached over her to make a phone call.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
In an echo of her father’s “hunger strike” at the Hotel Nacional, Birgit refused to let in repairmen.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
“The repairmen are working continuously without stopping until the end of the day and promise to fully restore energy supply in populated areas,” Bunechko said in a telephone interview.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
The repairmen Toos had found—trained under Father—were excellent.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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