do-all

noun

A general manager or factotum.

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Meanings

noundo-all (plural do-alls)

plural do-alls

  1. A general manager or factotum.

    Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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Chicago

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