repairman
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Service stations remained scarce, but gasoline could be purchased at hardware stores, and every town had a tinkerer or two—often a bicycle repairman turned mechanic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
At another site, the bones of a 34-year-old cellphone repairman were found.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
And as Tony tells her about his experience, Carrie looks over to see the shop’s repairman fixing an old grandfather clock.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
A longtime resident of the north Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, Doug spends part of his days building electric vehicles for Ford as a machine repairman.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
At fourteen, his red hair cut short, Nikita began working twelve-hour days as an equipment repairman in a coal mine.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Yau said fewer than five repairmen like him remain in Hong Kong practising this "barely profitable" umbrella trade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
“Firefighters and police and repairmen can’t work, because drones are flying around.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
There, a crew of six repairmen were clearing debris from corridors and stringing up lights to prepare the area as a shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
An actual library would have emerged, replacing the chaos that typically elicits covert expressions of pity from visiting plumbers or furnace repairmen.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
Along with three other repairmen, Shin did not get back to his dormitory room until after midnight.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
