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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman (28)
factotum1562

An employee who does all kinds of work; spec. (esp. in earlier use) a domestic servant or employee who undertakes all kinds of household tasks.

Magister factotum1573

literary. In elaborated variants, with prefixed Latin title or name; cf. dominus factotum, n. (a) a person in charge of everything, esp. in a…

Johannes factotum1592

literary. In elaborated variants, with prefixed Latin title or name; cf. dominus factotum, n. a person who can do many different kinds of work; a…

Jack of all trades1618

(A name for) a person who is able to do many different types of work.

Tom of all trades1631

(the name of) a person who is able to carry out many different kinds of work; = Jack of all trades, n.

John-of-all-trades1639

a person able to turn his or her hand to many different types of work; = Jack of all trades, n.

handyman1742

A man able or employed to undertake a variety of manual tasks; a general labourer; (now esp.) a man employed or engaged to carry out domestic repairs…

odd man1743

A person who does odd jobs.

gimcrack1766

(See quots. 1785 1854.) Now only dialect.

Jack of all work1773

a person who is able to do many different types of work; = Jack of all trades, n.

orraman1802

a man employed, esp. on a farm, to do odd jobs rather than regular or specific work; an odd-job man.

bottle washer1835

humorous. A person who performs routine, sometimes menial, tasks; a factotum. Chiefly in chief (or head) cook and bottle-washer: a person who is…

Jack1836

Any of various types of manual labourer; a male servant; an odd-job man. Now rare.

odd-jobs man1859

General attributive, esp. in odd-job man (also odd-jobs man).

roustabout1862

Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A general worker; a casual or unskilled labourer; (derogatory) a vagrant or…

hob-jobber1873

rouster1882

U.S. and Australian. = roustabout, n. 2a. Cf. rouser, n. 4.

odd-jobber1886

A person who does odd jobs for a living.

knockabout1889

Australia. A ‘knock-about’ man: see A. 2c.

orra-loon1895

= orraman n.

rouser1896

Australian and New Zealand. = rouseabout, n. 2a. Cf. rousie, n.

trouncer1896

One who trounces; spec. an odd man (see odd, adj. 8f); an assistant to a carman, drayman, or lorry-driver; †on a man-of-war: see quot. 1867 (obsolete

leatherneck1898

= rouseabout, n. 2. Australian.

loppy1898

A handyman on rural stations.

rouseabout1901

Australian and New Zealand. A general worker on a farm or sheep station, esp. one employed in a shearing shed. Cf. roustabout, n.

bluetongue2002

slang (originally Australian). = rouseabout, n. 2.

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