fixer-upper

[fik-ser-uhp-er]

fix·er-up·per

[fik-ser-uhp-er]
noun Informal.
1.
a person who is handy at making repairs.
2.
a rundown dwelling offered at a bargain price and suitable for improvement by a new owner, often with the object of resale at a considerable profit.

Origin:
fix up + -er1, pleonastically suffixed to both words
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Fixer-upper is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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fixer-upper

noun
a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) 
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