jills of all trades

Noun

jill of all trades (plural jills of all trades)

1. (idiomatic) A woman competent in many endeavors rather than only one.
   • Sitting in a dive in Central Square, the one where she works as a dishwasher, barmaid, jill of all trades (illegal, no papers, below-the-minimum cash payments, afternoon and early evening shifts), she stared into a mug of beer and told herself: There comes a point.1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, University of Queensland Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 268