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auto mechanic

NOUN
grease monkey
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Hannah Talley, 25, dropped out of college four years ago to become an auto mechanic.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

“This is super cool,” exulted Dean, an auto mechanic who does the repair work at the family-run garage.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2024

He said his client, an auto mechanic, was “happy to be putting the case behind him” and “wanted to move forward with his life.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2023

Kim Sang-geun, 69, a retired auto mechanic from Seoul, took his two grandchildren to the DMZ to teach them “the pain of the national division,” he said.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2023

Papa took his worn blue coveralls off the coat hanger and pulled them over the work clothes he was wearing for his computer repair job; the coveralls looked like something an auto mechanic would wear.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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