Synonyms for jack-of-all-trades

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jak-uh v-awl-treydz, jak-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒæk əvˈɔlˈtreɪdz, ˈdʒæk-

Définition of jack-of-all-trades

noun handy person

Example sentences :

He'd been in the Pacific a while, they say, and was a Jack-of-all-trades in America.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

To this let us add, finally, the versatile career of the jack-of-all-trades.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks

Here no keeper would be required; merely a Jack-of-all-trades.
Extract from : « Sporting Society, Vol. II (of 2) » by Various

So he calls him a "Jack-of-all-trades," that is, a man who did a little of everything.
Extract from : « The Shakespearean Myth » by Appleton Morgan

They are required to be jack-of-all-trades, and masters of each.
Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke

I had been entry clerk and shipper and jack-of-all-trades in the house.
Extract from : « A Man of Samples » by Wm. H. Maher

But look ye a little, what an excellent thing it is to be a Jack-of-all-trades!
Extract from : « The Black Arrow » by Robert Louis Stevenson

A jack-of-all-trades, he knew how to cultivate the ground, but for himself only.
Extract from : « Sons of the Soil » by Honore de Balzac

Levi was himself a "jack-of-all-trades," and he had trained some of them to the best of his ability.
Extract from : « Brother Against Brother » by Oliver Optic

It has decided that in every home there shall be a tradesman and a Jack-of-all-trades.
Extract from : « What's Wrong With The World » by G.K. Chesterton

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