Rehabber

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rehabilitator; a person who rehabilitates buildings or animals. informal

    "At the time, he was a 30-year-old home rehabber and realtor who had worked on several successful projects but had not quite hit the Lincoln Park boom in a really big way."

  2. 2
    One who is in rehab for drug abuse etc. informal

Example

More examples

"At the time, he was a 30-year-old home rehabber and realtor who had worked on several successful projects but had not quite hit the Lincoln Park boom in a really big way."

Etymology

From rehab + -er.

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