Usage of "jack of all trades"

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

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Carla's nephew, Robbie, who moves in temporarily to work as a handyman. 
 The new yorker 

Now, how about if you hire a handyman to work for you? 
 It Must Be Love 

Rodin's complex sculpture of a handyman came to resemble a Greek philosopher. 
 Priceless: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen tr... 

Sonny's father gambles his handyman wages as quick as he earns them. 
 The Irish Times 

They had Annie, a plump Negro cook and Unc, a Negro handyman. 
 The new yorker 

These days he is an odd-job man, emptying bins and cleaning up. 
 The Guardian 

I took on the work of odd-job man at 65 Rue des Pyramides. 
 Castles in the Air 

Evidently the old odd-job man, judging from his past and present experience, thought 
 Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths 

And Janet had a nephew, a cross-eyed nephew, who was an odd-job man. 
 Little Miss By-The-Day 

The odd-job man departed, bearing his heaving bag at arm's length. 
 Uneasy Money 

Usage of jack of all trades in inglês

DO ONE thing really well or be the jack of all trades? 
 News.com.au 

He was a jack of all trades, if you'll excuse the pun. 
 Storm Front 

He was a doorman and jack of all trades here, I'm told.' 
 Voices 

He hopes not to end up a jack of all trades. 
 The new yorker 

It was a kind of jack of all trades and master of none. 
 A journey: my political life 

Simione, it turns out, is a bit of a jack of all trades. 
 News.com.au 

I've really become sort of a jack of all trades. 
 Wired 

Global is something of a jack of all trades in the defense contracting world. 
 Wired 

You'll be a jack of all trades, master of none. 
 Feminist dot com 

Famibot The Famibot is a jack of all trades. 
 The Guardian 

Donald Glover is a jack of all trades. 
 Ebony 

This week, the 59-year-old jack of all trades modelled his collection of face masks for Reuters. 
 Reuters 

Police Association president Chris Cahill said officers were increasingly having to be a jack of all trades. 
 Radio NZ 

I'd agree with jack of all trades. 
 Wired 

Jerry Jackson, a former Capital Gazette editor described him as a " jack of all trades". 
 News.com.au 

The bad thing is that it can make you come across as a jack of all trades. 
 The Irish Times 

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Meanings of jack of all trades in inglês