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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For a once-dependable, jack-of-all-trades forward, those numbers were far more akin to his rookie season back in 2013-14.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
He’ll also be involved in the offense and will return kicks as a jack-of-all-trades.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Agee was and is something of a jack-of-all-trades.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
He’ll also be involved in the offense and will return kicks as a jack-of-all-trades.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Agee was and is something of a jack-of-all-trades.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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