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Meanings of jack of all trades in English

Portuguese
manhoso
Catalan
manetes

A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.

manhoso

Figure of speech.

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Examples for "johannes factotum"
Examples for "johannes factotum"
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Crispinus approaches Horace quite as a ' Johannes Factotum,' as Greene had designated Shakspere in 1592.
Shakspere and Montaigne / An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency o...
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Ere long he had been taken into the company as an actor, and was soon spoken of as a ' Johannes Factotum.'
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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His detractors, however, mocked Eratosthenes as a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.
Wired
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It was a kind of jack of all trades and master of none.
A journey: my political life
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Lastly, that jack-of-all trades and master of none, Private Dunshie.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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You'll be a jack of all trades, master of none.
Feminist dot com
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Jack of all trades and master of none, I reckon.
Swan Song
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Despite being "Miss Jill Of All Trades", gardening is not one of those trades.
Jamaica Observer
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From triple majoring to modeling to your philanthropy to Playboy, you are a Jill of all trades.
Ebony
Usage of jack of all trades in English
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DO ONE thing really well or be the jack of all trades?
News.com.au
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He was a jack of all trades, if you'll excuse the pun.
Storm Front
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He was a doorman and jack of all trades here, I'm told.'
Voices
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He hopes not to end up a jack of all trades.
The new yorker
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It was a kind of jack of all trades and master of none.
A journey: my political life
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Simione, it turns out, is a bit of a jack of all trades.
News.com.au
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I've really become sort of a jack of all trades.
Wired
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Global is something of a jack of all trades in the defense contracting world.
Wired
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You'll be a jack of all trades, master of none.
Feminist dot com
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Famibot The Famibot is a jack of all trades.
The Guardian
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Donald Glover is a jack of all trades.
Ebony
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This week, the 59-year-old jack of all trades modelled his collection of face masks for Reuters.
Reuters
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Police Association president Chris Cahill said officers were increasingly having to be a jack of all trades.
Radio NZ
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I'd agree with jack of all trades.
Wired
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Jerry Jackson, a former Capital Gazette editor described him as a " jack of all trades".
News.com.au
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The bad thing is that it can make you come across as a jack of all trades.
The Irish Times
Translations for jack of all trades
Catalan
manetes