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jack-of-all-trades

noun as in handy person

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He was a sort of jack-of-all-trades, and a very useful man in a valley where mechanics were few and transportation difficult.

Judge Penniman was another who warned him heavily that it was time to quit being a Jack-of-all-trades.

The surest way of making a man incompetent is to make him Jack-of-all-trades, for then he will be master of none.

A vision of a happy-go-lucky Jack-of-all-trades arose before me.

His duties—specialized to one operation—we deemed unfairly light in comparison with our jack-of-all-trades routine.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jack of all trades, such as: backup, bench, bench jockey, benchwarmer, jack-of-all-trades, and replacement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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