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Chap in hot island, one doing odd jobs (8)

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I believe the answer is:

handyman

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This might be a double definition.

'chap in hot island' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'one doing odd jobs' is the second definition.
(a handyman does odd jobs)

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(Other definitions for handyman that I've seen before include "One hired to do odd jobs" , "One employed to do odd jobs" , "Odd-jobber" , "Jack-of-all-trades" , "Odd-jobs person" .)

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