jack-of-all-trades
a person who is adept at many different kinds of work.
Origin of jack-of-all-trades
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How to use jack-of-all-trades in a sentence
He was a sort of jack-of-all-trades, and a very useful man in a valley where mechanics were few and transportation difficult.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenJudge Penniman was another who warned him heavily that it was time to quit being a jack-of-all-trades.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonThe surest way of making a man incompetent is to make him jack-of-all-trades, for then he will be master of none.
The Cult of Incompetence | Emile FaguetA vision of a happy-go-lucky jack-of-all-trades arose before me.
Twelve Men | Theodore DreiserHis duties—specialized to one operation—we deemed unfairly light in comparison with our jack-of-all-trades routine.
Merchantmen-at-Arms | David W. Bone
British Dictionary definitions for jack of all trades
a person who undertakes many different kinds of work
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