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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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Matthew Modine, who acted in “Full Metal Jacket,” remembers perceiving Vitali as kind of an “Igor” figure, a jack-of-all-trades.

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With the co-production between Latvia, France and Belgium, Zilbalodis went from being a jack-of-all-trades to forming his own production company — thereby mirroring the loner cat’s sudden need to work in a team environment.

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During his decade-long stint at WKYC, Edwards worked as a “graphics guru, camera operator, and general jack-of-all-trades,” the station said, “yet it was a somewhat random opportunity in 1989 that earned him international fame.”

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To make matters even more difficult, Hulls, a painter, adventurer and itinerant jack-of-all-trades, was not really a writer.

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“I was actually calling myself a jack-of-all-trades for a long time,” he continues.

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jack oakJack of all trades, master of none