英语词汇handyman的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	handyman
词源	handyman. Handy, “ready or clever with the hands, dex- trous,” dates back to the early 17th century, but the term handy- man, for a person useful for all kinds of odd jobs, doesn’t ap- pear in print for almost 200 years more. Handywright is an older synonym rarely, if ever, used today.
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