Definitions

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  • noun One who overhauls.

Etymologies

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overhaul +‎ -er

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Examples

  • You must make up your mind whether you are going to be an "overhauler" or a rider.

    Three Men on the Bummel 1893

  • My chief danger, I always find, is from the wandering overhauler.

    Three Men on the Bummel 1893

  • The sight of a broken-down machine is to the overhauler as a wayside corpse to a crow; he swoops down upon it with a friendly yell of triumph.

    Three Men on the Bummel 1893

  • The company originally promised to create 50 jobs and said it would eventually hire 90, but only received incentives for those hired within the city-set schedule. to Mcturbine, a helicopter engine overhauler

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

  • The company originally promised to create 50 jobs and said it would eventually hire 90, but only received incentives for those hired within the city-set schedule. to Mcturbine, a helicopter engine overhauler

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

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