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jack-of-all-trades

[jak-uhv-awl-treydz, jak-] / ˌdʒæk əvˈɔlˈtreɪdz, ˈdʒæk- /
NOUN
handy person
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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

Matthew Modine, who acted in “Full Metal Jacket,” remembers perceiving Vitali as kind of an “Igor” figure, a jack-of-all-trades.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

With the co-production between Latvia, France and Belgium, Zilbalodis went from being a jack-of-all-trades to forming his own production company — thereby mirroring the loner cat’s sudden need to work in a team environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

They join a lineup featuring jack-of-all-trades Dominic Fike, pop-punk darling WILLOW, alternative/indie rock artist Alex G., post-rock band Explosions in the Sky and Yaeji, who blends hip-hop, house and more in English and Korean lyrics.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Luke told me I might be a child of Hermes, a kind of jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan