jack-of-all-trades

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Anunoby had never made an All-Star team, but he was basketball’s ultimate jack-of-all-trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He could start by cutting the animated sequence in which Mary, her young charges and Bert, a local jack-of-all-trades, jump into one of Bert’s sidewalk chalk paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Once everyone in the secondary is heathy, Bryant could end up being something of jack-of-all-trades reserve, ala Ryan Neal.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

Mann played his way into the rotation in his second season by being an indispensable, high-energy jack-of-all-trades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Alf was a jack-of-all-trades, carpenter, tinsmith, blacksmith, electrician, plasterer, scissors grinder, and cobbler.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck