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utility man
noun
- a worker expected to serve in any capacity when called on.
- an actor of miscellaneous small parts.
- Baseball. a player who is not a regular and whose value lies in an ability to play several positions.
utility man
noun
- a worker who is expected to serve in any of several capacities
- an actor who plays any of numerous small parts
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Word History and Origins
Origin of utility man1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
"Here's the cord," and he led the general utility man to the hole and helped him to get down.
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In the meantime a message was sent to the general utility man that he was wanted at the top of the hill at once.
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"I shan't never come out to this hill again, not fer nobody," grumbled the general utility man, and walked off.
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He joined the company in about the middle of that season in which I acted principally as utility man.
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Then there is the comment of Patrick, our neighbor's utility man: "They know the char-acter you've made with that gun."
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