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jack of all trades

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a jack of all trades
someone who has many skills or who does many different jobs. Bill can do plumbing, carpentry, or a bit of gardening - he's a jack of all trades, really.
See also: all, jack, trade
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Miss Wilson confirmed Fairholme's account; and the church organist, who had tuned all the pianofortes in the neighborhood once a year for nearly a quarter of a century, denounced the newcomer as Jack of all trades and master of none.
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