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Type Words
Synonyms fixing agent
Type of compound, chemical compound
Has types sodium thiosulfate, fixative, hypo, sodium thiosulphate
Type Words
Synonyms mender, repairer
Type of trained worker, skilled worker, skilled workman
Has types darner, service man, maintenance man, repairman
Derivation fix
Type Words
Synonyms dolophine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin
Type of narcotic
Type Words
Synonyms influence peddler
Type of personage, important person, influential person

Examples of fixer

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In August, they bought their first home, a three-bedroom bank-owned fixer-upper.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He may only be a Cabinet Office fixer, but he is also Cameron's trusted Gandalf.
From the guardian.co.uk
They found a fixer-upper east of Teikyo Loretto Heights University and moved in.
From the denverpost.com
Disambiguation fixer will be a program to fix the links to Disambiguation pages.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There was also a question about Emanuel and convicted political fixer Tony Rezko.
From the suntimes.com
He was aided by Dith Pran, a local journalist, who served as his guide and fixer.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
At MGM, the fixer-in-chief was Howard Strickling, the studio's head of publicity.
From the online.wsj.com
He can claim the role of economic fixer in a time when there is much to be fixed.
From the dailyherald.com
Rivera inherited an NFL fixer-upper, its foundation leaning, its gutters sagging.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
  • Fixing agent: a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
  • Mender: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
  • Methadone: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
  • Fixer is the eighth studio LP by the electronic group Download. It is the first full-length album featuring all new material, since 2000's Effector.
  • The Fixer is a name used by two fictional characters, both of are which were introduced as villains in the Marvel Comics universe.
  • Photographic fixer is a chemical used in the final step in the photographic processing of film or paper. ...
  • The Fixer is a journalistic comic on the Bosnian War, written by Joe Sacco. It tells the story of a Sarajevan man who, having lost everything else in the war, sells his stories to Western journalists. It was published in 2003. Time Magazine listed it as one of it the Best Comics of 2003.
  • The Fixer is a 1968 film based on the 1966 semi-biographical novel of the same name, written by Bernard Malamud.