Meanings of general factotum in English

From pet poet and playwright to designer of entertainments and general factotum.

This was the gardener and general factotum at Colonel Van Dyne's.

Tommy was the coloured boy, who was cook, housekeeper and general factotum for the three.

Our business was yard-inspection, with Goggle-Eye as general factotum.

One was Alyrus, the Moor, who was not only a porter, but a general factotum.

The interpreter, who seemed to be general factotum to Serano, shook him roughly by the shoulder.

She came through it with marvellous resolution, nursed by Merryon and his bearer, the general factotum of the establishment.

Ross Brown, who was Quest's secretary-valet and general factotum, accepted the slip of paper and placed it in an envelope.

In short, by these means, she won her way gradually in the community, until she came to be the general factotum.

Nellie and Nannie and Mollie and Billie are to be your maids of honor and I'll be general factotum and protector.

I shan't include myself, because I rather think I had better act as referee and general factotum until you learn the game.

In a bachelor's quarters a valet is often general factotum; not only valeting but performing the services of cook, butler, and even housemaid.

Not long after he had gone, Tobias Platt, the Colonel's serving-man, who performed the duties of butler, valet, and general factotum, entered the hall.

Matron, nurse, general factotum, and refuge in time of trouble, it would have been as easy to suspect her of duplicity as Miss Phipps herself.

Gorham made no answer, but patted his daughter's cheek affectionately as he turned from her to the genial face of his valet and general factotum.

Recognize doorman as ex-clerk and general factotum of Dean's office in Cambridge, named Terry, who was famous for his memory of students' names and faces.