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UK
/ɹɪpˈeəmən/
]
[ US /ɹiˈpɛɹˌmæn, ɹɪˈpɛɹˌmæn/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈpɛɹˌmæn, ɹɪˈpɛɹˌmæn/ ]
NOUN
- a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
How To Use repairman In A Sentence
- The Air Force promptly made him an aircraft instrument repairman.
- He sold everything from vacuum cleaners to flower seeds, became a radio repairman and an accomplished pilot.
- Having dropped out of school, the young man worked as a garage mechanic in Sydney and later as an insurance salesman and part-time watch repairman in Melbourne.
- Westermann's tough-guy pose was fostered by early experiences as a professional acrobat, carpenter, railroad repairman and janitor.
- As if I were as uncredentialled in this area as the TV repairman. DEATH OF A NYMPH
- Shy and quiet, she spent most of her time keeping house for her husband, Danny, a ship repairman, and their two children - until the day those tractor-trailers came to town and changed her life forever.
- His telephone's out of order, and he's got to wait for the repairman. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
- His telephone's out of order, and he's got to wait for the repairman. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
- Although Lonnie claimed to admire her so-called feistiness when it was directed at a sloppy repairman or a short-changing pizza delivery person, he wanted her to be as meek as a geisha girl when dealing with him. A Dollar Short
- The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.