repairman
noun
re·pair·man
ri-ˈper-ˌman 
-mən
: one who repairs
specifically
: one whose occupation is to make repairs in a mechanism
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Robson Green plays Patrick Harbottle, a charming repairman who moves in across the street after the sudden death – ruled a suicide, but very suspect – of Huw’s friend and neighbor, Frank (Gordon Kennedy).
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The network quickly moved to censor a transgressive sitcom parody where soon-to-be-Ramones-manager Danny Fields tries to cure a TV repairman’s hemorrhoids by sticking a lightbulb up his ass.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Finding Dee Dee On July 28, 1992 — just 25 days after Dee Dee vanished — a repairman working on a sprinkler system at the local mill noticed a smell and found a body in the Henry Fork River in Brookford, a couple of miles from Hickory.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
After 18 years working as an assistive mobility technology repairman, Tim Kiley grew sick of watching people wait for weeks or months to have their wheelchairs repaired.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Repairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repairman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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repairman
noun
re·pair·man
ri-ˈpa(ə)r-ˌman
-ˈpe(ə)r-,
-mən
: a person whose occupation is making repairs
TV repairman
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