单词 | repairman |
释义 | repairmann. A person (esp. a man) who repairs vehicles, machinery, appliances, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] clouterc1440 maker-up?a1444 botcher1499 repairer?1504 reparationer1520 patcher1528 bodger1538 repareller1546 mender1552 sarcinator1646 vamper1712 piecer1764 renovator1827 repairman1856 fixer?1881 serviceman1905 Mr Fixit1924 fixit man1949 fixit1982 1856 N.Y. Herald 13 Sept. 2/3 All in the baggage car were ‘repair men’ or laborers, who were going to their work at the new bridge. 1871 W. S. Huntington Road-master's Assistant ii. 9 It is a common practice for repairmen, when replacing mended iron, to squeeze it in perfectly tight. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Feb. 140/1 If your car suffers from any of these common motor ills, take it to your car dealer or repairman. 1958 Times 13 Sept. 7/7 Such dilemmas as that of the Los Angeles couple whose T.V. stops one night and the husband must go out and find the repairman. 2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Apr. (Central ed.) a19/1 In the 1940s, visionary Robert Heinlein anticipated that his TV repairman..could be the grandson of a fieldhand liberated by the cotton gin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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