jack-of-all-trades
noun
plural jacks-of-all-trades
: a person who can do passable work at various tasks : a handy versatile person
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Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
Warren earned a reputation of being more of a jack-of-all-trades tight end who could play out of the backfield when needed and block at a high level.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
She was always fascinated with food systems, a jack-of-all-trades who learned to garden as a child and had years of experience baking cottage foods.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Baldwin’s line-drive stroke from both sides of the plate increases his value as a jack-of-all-trades sort.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
Warren earned a reputation of being more of a jack-of-all-trades tight end who could play out of the backfield when needed and block at a high level.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
She was always fascinated with food systems, a jack-of-all-trades who learned to garden as a child and had years of experience baking cottage foods.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Baldwin’s line-drive stroke from both sides of the plate increases his value as a jack-of-all-trades sort.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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