Meanings
nounodd-job man (plural odd-job men)
plural odd-job men
- informalSynonym of handyman.
Over the last few years he had made a haphazard living skippering yachts for day-trippers or as an odd-job man in the quiet winter months.
2008 May 31, Elizabeth Day, Graham Keeley, “My father, RD Laing: 'he solved other people's problems - but not his own'”, in The Observer, →ISSNSynonyms: handyman
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nounSynonym of handyman.
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nouna man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
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odd-job man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odd-job%20man
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odd-job man,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odd-job%20man.
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