Do-it-yourselfer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A practitioner of do it yourself.

    "During the past year or so, numerous new books have been published which can be helpful to do‐it‐yourselfers and home craftsmen, as well as to those readers on the lookout for new ideas and money‐saving suggestions on how to improve and maintain their homes and apartments."

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"As a do-it-yourselfer, he made a doghouse."

Etymology

From do it yourself + -er.

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