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[ US /ˈhændiˌmæn/ ]
[ UK /hˈændɪmən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks

How To Use handyman In A Sentence

  • The itinerant handyman is driving through the Arizona desert when he realizes that his car radiator is in need of water.
  • If the wells are made of brick, a mason or a skilled handyman can add another row or two of bricks on top of the existing wall.
  • Raymond Robair, a 48-year-old handyman who died shortly after an encounter with police, was autopsied by McGarry in 2005. Medical Examiners In America: A Dysfunctional System
  • Ms Grant, who has previously regaled us with tales of her family's butler and the slaughter of innocent birds and beasts up north, recalled being taken with her sisters to school ‘by a handyman’ who had a motorbike and sidecar.
  • She found a handyman who put up bookshelves made of green, unaged timber, which she knew would warp and sag. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • He puts on the toniest accent he can muster, while the other guests drop names 'like a handyman scattering rawl-plugs'. The Times Literary Supplement
  • It is set in a health farm run by a targe, whose handyman is an amiable drunk.
  • Both were highly corrupt and the smart writer proved an excellent handyman to put through their deals, shady and otherwise.
  • He's the club secretary, the manager and the voluntary handyman.
  • I use the term handyman deliberately because it has a kind of unsophisticated connotation that is meant to quietly offend an expert tradesperson. EzineArticles
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