jack-of-all-trades

noun

plural jacks-of-all-trades
: a person who can do passable work at various tasks : a handy versatile person

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Baldwin’s line-drive stroke from both sides of the plate increases his value as a jack-of-all-trades sort. Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 This jack-of-all-trades approach, at a starting price of only $2,368, resulted in 420,000 examples being sold the first year. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 June 2025 However, some cooks find that this is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none situation — an electric tortilla maker doesn’t produce the same quality of tortilla as a manual one. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 Oz then recognizes an opportunity to audition Vic as a jack-of-all-trades amid his bid to grab power following the Riddler’s murder of Gotham’s most notorious crime lord (and Oz’s boss), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), in The Batman. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for jack-of-all-trades

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First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jack-of-all-trades was in 1618

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jack-of-all-trades

noun
ˌjak-ə-ˈvȯl-ˌtrādz
plural jacks-of-all-trades
: a person who can work at various trades

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