man-of-all-work
Example Sentences
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Robert Moses, New York City's park commissioner and man-of-all-work, is prideful of his literary skills, cuts down his opponents with a slashing pen when he wants to get his way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Herbert Morrison, the Labor Government's man-of-all-work, had slipped another notch politically, but he would still have plenty to do.
From Time Magazine Archive
So you now see before you, Miss Bonamy, a very humble personage--a kind of clerical man-of-all-work out of place!
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
Payne was the bank man-of-all-work, but Clement would not hear of Payne.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
Chitty, now three years our man-of-all-work, and Sims, my mother's maid, received us.
From I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford
