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Meanings of odd-job man in English

Portuguese
manhoso
Catalan
manetes

A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.

        manhoso
        Usage of odd-job man in English
        1
        These days he is an odd-job man, emptying bins and cleaning up.
        The Guardian
        2
        I took on the work of odd-job man at 65 Rue des Pyramides.
        Castles in the Air
        3
        Evidently the old odd-job man, judging from his past and present experience, thought
        Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
        4
        And Janet had a nephew, a cross-eyed nephew, who was an odd-job man.
        Little Miss By-The-Day
        5
        The odd-job man departed, bearing his heaving bag at arm's length.
        Uneasy Money
        6
        I'm an odd-job man, and it's good there.
        To the end of the land
        7
        The odd-job man came out of his trance.
        Uneasy Money
        8
        The poor, old odd-job man looked up with a humorous twinkle in his eye, as he replied:
        Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
        9
        Self-described arts odd-job man Hamish Keith talks about the individuals, writers and thinkers who have influenced him.
        Radio NZ
        10
        This boy, having nobody to discuss anybody with, presumably sat in solitary meditation, brooding on the odd-job man.
        Something New
        11
        The odd-job man endorsed this.
        Uneasy Money
        12
        Papi Chulo is a comedy-drama about the relationship between a stressed-out TV weatherman and a middle-aged Mexican odd-job man.
        Radio NZ
        13
        And Papi Chulo, a comedy-drama about the relationship between a stressed-out TV weatherman and a middle-aged Mexican odd-job man.
        Radio NZ
        14
        She should have hired an odd-job man from the village, Rowe decided as she lifted a heavy stack of boxes.
        Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
        15
        Ishmael went straight into his embrace, and the old odd-job man pressed the young gentleman to his honest, affectionate heart.
        Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
        16
        The Carol who regarded herself as completely adaptable was uncomfortable at being chosen as comrade by a pipe-reeking odd-job man.
        Main Street
        Translations for odd-job man
        Catalan
        manetes