handyman
pronunciation
How to pronounce handyman in British English:
UK [ˈhændimæn]
How to pronounce handyman in American English:
US [ˈhændiˌmæn]
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- Noun:
- a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
Word Origin
- handyman (n.)
- also handy-man, "man employed to do various types of work," by 1843, from handy + man (n.). Gradually developed from the sense of "man who is capable at all sorts of work." A handy man is so practised in the regulation of the little utilities of the house he inhabits, that by a slight touch here and there--a screw turned here and a screw loosened there, and a nail driven in time--he keeps all working smoothly, and averts those domestic catastrophes and break-downs of which Punch makes so much capital in his pictures. [Harriet Beecher Stowe, in Arthur's Home Magazine, August 1869]
Example
- 1. Maybe it 's worth it to hire a handyman , rather than harm your relationship with arguing .
- 2. But this time than clean the room , do clean handyman is much more complicated .
- 3. When the handyman became a suspect in the fatal stabbing of artist azin naimi in her studio off rockville pike , drewry and another detective , dimitry ruvin , brought him in for questioning .
- 4. Our family -- including robbie himself , have not thought of , because of that year to the hospital to do a few years handyman , cultivate his life to medical work interest , and everything is going smoothly . To get good grades , gain the success !
- 5. A year ago , when syrian government troops first tried to enter jebel zawiya , a region south-west of aleppo where rugged hills enfold 33 villages , a handyman called jamal marouf gathered seven men and set off to fight the intruders .