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It wasn't the same as a handyman. The title "useful man" was for a servant who'd never actually serve the master.
Today it'd be a "runner" or some kind of "assistant to the assistant"
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Holy shit, is this why lowly assistants are colloquially called gophers?!? I never drew the connection. Sometime we just take weird words or phrases for granted without thinking about their etymology.
TIL, thanks.