Used in a Sentence

repairman

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for repairman.

Editorial note

Say that the year is 1935 and you're a Maytag refrigerator repairman based in eastern Iowa.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of repairman gathered in one view.

noun

A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for repairman.

Example sentences

1

Say that the year is 1935 and you're a Maytag refrigerator repairman based in eastern Iowa.

2

That is assuming the fax repairman has the motivation to do all of those things you have mentioned.

3

Your rebuttal seems spurious because you cannot have been coerced by someone if you thought they were the cable repairman.

4

Dave asked me if there was some way to bypass a bum sensor while waiting for the repairman to show up.

5

The naive approach would be to assume that the latter is one big market, and proceeding to rank households based on their willingness and ability to pay a wash machine repairman.

6

There's the old joke about the repairman who charges $200 to replace a bolt.

7

The tools will cost you about the same price as a single repairman-call.

8

This reminds me of Javed Iqbal, an American satellite dish repairman who was thrown in jail for allowing Americans access (Hezbollah and supposedly Iran backed) Al-Manar television.

9

They portray people routinely having unprotected sex at the drop of a hat with whatever babysitter, repairman, job applicant, or high school student who happens to be nearby.

10

In the first case, the repairman came, fixed the thing in 20 minutes, seemed competent, and I gladly payed him.

11

Consider a wash-machine repairman as an example.

12

Likewise the absolute stud can flirt with the (if you want to call it this) fuggly or the knockout girl can flirt with the pimpled nerd (or repairman) simply because the contrast is so great both parties clearly know their place in the interaction.

Quote examples

1

Parents were very suspicious and worried (why "man" is working in kindergarden???) or took him for a repairman.

2

Scan it, pick "Find repairman" (or any other contextual action), and you're set.

Proper noun examples

1

The guys who do consumer PC repairs use quick-n-dirty nudity detection to avoid opening customer's sensitive files because of the Sacred Repairman's Oath, and the desire to be discreet and ultra-professional.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use repairman in a sentence?

Say that the year is 1935 and you're a Maytag refrigerator repairman based in eastern Iowa.

What does repairman mean?

A male repairer, a man who repairs things.

What part of speech is repairman?

repairman is commonly used as noun.