Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jack-of-all-trades

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: jack--of-al-l--trades
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of jack of all trades.

noun

Alternative form of jack of all trades.

Example Sentences

"A fellow can always get some sort of a job—I was coming up here to see if they needed an extra clerk or a waiter, or chauffeur, or anything that meant a roof and something to eat—but I suppose they don't need a jack-of-all-trades."
"After leaving the service, he [Jack Schweibold] flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “I flew the first traffic patrol for the Chicago freeways, defrosted tomato crops by keeping the wind blowing on them so the frost couldn’t form, flew dignitaries such as Eleanor Roosevelt, [Dwight D.] Eisenhower, [Richard] Nixon, [Gerald] Ford. I even delivered Santa Claus. One hundred and eighty Messrs. Claus, to be exact,” he says."

Inflected Forms

jacks-of-all-trades (plural)

Questions

What does jack-of-all-trades mean?: Alternative form of jack of all trades.

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