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repairman

[ri-pair-man, -muhn] / rɪˈpɛərˌmæn, -mən /
NOUN
mechanic
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His dad, a caravan repairman, and his older brother ran half a mile and arrived just as Mark was being loaded into an ambulance.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

I get nothing but understanding when I explain to a repairman that he can’t work on Saturdays, because that’s my Sabbath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

And as Tony tells her about his experience, Carrie looks over to see the shop’s repairman fixing an old grandfather clock.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

From a distance, I film my father speaking to the window repairman.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Yau said fewer than five repairmen like him remain in Hong Kong practising this "barely profitable" umbrella trade.

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

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

There, a crew of six repairmen were clearing debris from corridors and stringing up lights to prepare the area as a shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2020

One evening when he picked her up to go out to dinner, he spotted some repairmen on the roof of a low-rise building across the street.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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