jack-of-all-trades
Example Sentences
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He could start by cutting the animated sequence in which Mary, her young charges and Bert, a local jack-of-all-trades, jump into one of Bert’s sidewalk chalk paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Maurice Sr. was both jack-of-all-trades and working-class Renaissance man, for a time alternating roles as nightclub bouncer and drum-playing orchestra leader, Nurse said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
Love has taken on a jack-of-all-trades role since Adams’ return.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Behind phosphate’s spectacular, jack-of-all-trades utility is a negative charge that prevents unwanted leakage.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
He was a jack-of-all-trades, breaking the sturdy little cow ponies, treating their injuries and illnesses, trimming their hooves, and bending over an anvil to forge their shoes.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
