handymen

noun

plural of handyman
as in doctors
a person who does general repairs or maintenance work hired a handyman to paint the porch, clean the gutters, and replace the broken window

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Recent Examples of handymen Try running a vacation rental somewhere without reliable cleaners, handymen or a guest base. — Avery Carl, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Such offenders will use all different ruses to distract the victim, such as claiming to be utility workers, tree trimmers, or handymen working on neighbors' houses. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Residents were handymen and nannies for residents in Hurst, Euless and Bedford. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 The bar and restaurant, nestled inside an old blue-and-yellow Victorian house just off of Highway 1, comes from owners Casey Plemons and Paul Watson, who, over their 10 years of friendship, have worked together as bartenders and handymen — and started a punk rock band called the Koffs. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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doctors
Noun
  • Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and his brothers Zeke and Rahm have donated $550,000 towards a program to train Palestinian doctors from the West Bank at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Knight claimed that Afeni allegedly gave her son pills to end his life, though doctors brought him back.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of doctors

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“Handymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handymen. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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