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JACK OF ALL TRADES
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• JACK OF ALL TRADES (noun)
The noun JACK OF ALL TRADES has 2 senses:
1. a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
2. a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
Familiarity information: JACK OF ALL TRADES used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Jack of all trades" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
handyman; jack of all trades; odd-job man
Hypernyms ("jack of all trades" is a kind of...):
maintenance man; repairman; service man (a skilled worker whose job is to repair things)
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