FIXER-UPPER


Meaning of FIXER-UPPER in English

/fik"seuhr up"euhr/ , n. 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.

[ fix up + -ER 1 , pleonastically suffixed to both words ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .