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Definition of Jack of all trades
1. Noun. A person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well.
2. Noun. A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.
Definition of Jack of all trades
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of jack of all trades) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of jack of all trades) ¹
3. Noun. (idiomatic) One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jack Of All Trades
Literary usage of Jack of all trades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Gimcrack (provincial), a handy man, a universal mechanic or jack of all trades.
In this sense common in Northamptonshire. (Popular), a spruce person. ..."
2. The Many-sided Franklin by Paul Leicester Ford (1899)
"VIII jack of all trades THE career of Franklin teaches very strongly that general
ability, rather than special aptitude, is the quality most potent in ..."
3. Little Visits with Great Americans: Or, Success Ideals and how to Attain Them by Orison Swett Marden (1904)
"... XXIII A "Jack of All Trades" Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY and I were at breakfast together, and the appearance ..."
4. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin (1891)
"... failure—Drowned pets—Decoration of rooms—Colonist must be Jack-of-all-trades—Cape
waggons—Shooting expeditions—Strange tale told by Boer. ..."
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