Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which mends or repairs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who mends or repairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
mends .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
Etymologies
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Examples
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It might be my bad luck but the shoe-mender from the street below always seems to be changing his clothes on the stairs.
A Home for Bookworms Sharon Bakar 2006
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So I will leave this post here, and go and buy my share of crazy glue, my necessary dose of that instantaneous mender.
Yoani Sanchez: Can You Fix A Whole Country With Crazy Glue? Yoani Sanchez 2010
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So I will leave this post here, and go and buy my share of crazy glue, my necessary dose of that instantaneous mender.
Yoani Sanchez: Can You Fix A Whole Country With Crazy Glue? Yoani Sanchez 2010
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There is no formal state dinner at the White House, but a dinner hosted by Biden is intended as a fence-mender.
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The street itself had once been full of ordinary shops such as a watch mender and a green grocer, but at the time of my return from Kabul, a housing boom had led to almost all these being replaced by estate agencies, the windows of which were filled with depressing pictures of ugly houses at high prices.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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So I will leave this post here, and go and buy my share of crazy glue, my necessary dose of that instantaneous mender.
Yoani Sanchez: Can You Fix A Whole Country With Crazy Glue? Yoani Sanchez 2010
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The street itself had once been full of ordinary shops such as a watch mender and a green grocer, but at the time of my return from Kabul, a housing boom had led to almost all these being replaced by estate agencies, the windows of which were filled with depressing pictures of ugly houses at high prices.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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The gathering was seen by many as a fence-mender following months of disagreements between the U.S. and Afghanistan.
William Bradley: After the Afghan Summit: Five Key Things To Know About Obama's Problematic Plans 2010
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There is no formal state dinner at the White House, but a dinner hosted by Biden is intended as a fence-mender.
Obama Admin To Try To 'Bite Its Tongue' During Karzai Visit 2010
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There is no formal state dinner at the White House, but a dinner hosted by Biden is intended as a fence-mender.
Obama Admin To Try To 'Bite Its Tongue' During Karzai Visit 2010
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