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jack-of-all-trades, master of none

jack-of-all-trades, master of none is the alternative form of jack of all trades.

Meaning of jack of all trades

Noun

jack of all trades (plural jacks of all trades)

  1. (idiomatic) One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them.
    • Novv for the moſt part your Porter is either ſome broken Cittizen, vvho hath plaid Iack of all trades, ſome Pander, Broker, or Hangman, that hath plaid the knaue vvith all men, and for the more certainty his Embleme is a red Beard, to vvhich Sacke hath made his Noſe couſin German.1618, G[effray] M[ynshul], “Of Entertainment in Prison”, in Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners, London: […] [George Eld] for Mathew Walbancke, […], →OCLC, pages 23–24

Noun capitalized: Jack-of-all-trades, master of none

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of jack of all trades, master of none

Questions about jack-of-all-trades, master of none

What is jack-of-all-trades, master of none the alternative form of?
Jack-of-all-trades, master of none is the alternative form of jack of all trades.
What part of speech is jack-of-all-trades, master of none?
Jack-of-all-trades, master of none is a noun.

Words near jack-of-all-trades, master of none in the dictionary

  1. jack-o'-lantern
  2. jack-o'-lanterns
  3. jack-o-lantern
  4. jack-o-lanterns
  5. jack-of-all-trades
  6. jack-of-all-trades, master of none
  7. jack-of-the-dust
  8. jack-pudding
  9. jack-puddings
  10. jack-rabbit
  11. jack-rabbits

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