OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35035

jack of all trades

/ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔːl ˈtɹeɪdz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comodín • factótum • generalista • hombre del renacimiento • hombre orquesta • hombre renacentista • manitas • polifacético • polímata • todóloga • todólogo
One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them.
"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.
Printer, postmaster, almanac maker, essayist, chemist, orator, tinker, statesman, humorist, philosopher, parlor man, political economist, professor of housewifery, ambassador, proj…
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