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View synonyms for jack-of-all-trades

jack-of-all-trades

[ jak-uhv-awl-treydz, jak- ]

noun

, plural jacks-of-all-trades.
  1. a person who is adept at many different kinds of work.


jack of all trades

noun

  1. a person who undertakes many different kinds of work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jack-of-all-trades1

First recorded in 1610–20
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Example Sentences

He was a sort of jack-of-all-trades, and a very useful man in a valley where mechanics were few and transportation difficult.

Judge Penniman was another who warned him heavily that it was time to quit being a Jack-of-all-trades.

The surest way of making a man incompetent is to make him Jack-of-all-trades, for then he will be master of none.

A vision of a happy-go-lucky Jack-of-all-trades arose before me.

His duties—specialized to one operation—we deemed unfairly light in comparison with our jack-of-all-trades routine.

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jack oakJack of all trades, master of none