man-of-all-work

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

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

Then there was Pierrot, the foolish but funny man-of-all-work, who is set to catch Harlequin, but is always "bested"; and the staid old lover whom Cassander wishes Columbine to marry.

From Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) by Thorvald Weitemeyer

Here the gardener and man-of-all-work about the cottage came up and took the bag, which John parted with with angry reluctance, as if it had been a sort of weapon of offence.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

The fact that the German had come to the door himself, instead of the deaf old countryman whom he was said to employ as a man-of-all-work, showed that he was on the alert.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang