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.
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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
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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
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“Jack-of-all-trades.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jack-of-all-trades. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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