fixer-upper

Meaning

Noun

  • A house, property, car, or other object that needs to be fixed up or repaired, often purchased as an investment.
  • A potential romantic partner who may need some motivation to improve their personality or habits.
  • A person who tinkers or fixes things up; in particular, someone who fixes up houses, properties, etc. as an investment.

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Origin

  • From a reduplicating suffixation of fix up, equivalent to fix + -er.

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