Meaning of Jack of all Trades | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them.
   idiomatic
2. Alternative letter-case form of jack of all trades.
   alt-of

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Examples

“Novv for the moſt part your Porter is either ſome broken Cittizen, vvho hath plaid Iack of all trades, ſome Pander, Broker, or Hangman, that hath plaid the knaue vvith all men, and for the more certainty his Embleme is a red Beard, to vvhich Sacke hath made his Noſe couſin German.”

“Printer, postmaster, almanac maker, essayist, chemist, orator, tinker, statesman, humorist, philosopher, parlor man, political economist, professor of housewifery, ambassador, projector, maxim-monger, herb-doctor, wit:—Jack of all trades, master of each and mastered by none—the type⟳ and genius of his land⟳.”

“"I am my own⟳ engineer, and my own⟳ carpenter, and my own⟳ plumber, and my own⟳ gardener, and my own⟳ Jack of all Trades," said Wemmick, in acknowledging my compliments.”

“A fellow can always get⟳ some sort⟳ of a job—I was coming up here to see⟳ if they needed an extra clerk or a waiter, or chauffeur, or anything that meant a roof and something to eat⟳—but I suppose⟳ they don't need⟳ a jack-of-all-trades.”

“In 1823, when this drawing was made, there was anesthesia for dentistry and in fact very little dentistry except the extraction of teeth. Much of this extraction was conducted by itinerant quacks or jacks-of-all-trades who did it as a side line to their business.”

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