jill-of-all-trades

A form of jill of all trades — A woman competent in many endeavors rather than only one.

Meanings

jill-of-all-trades1

nounjill-of-all-trades (plural jills-of-all-trades)

plural jills-of-all-trades

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jill of all trades.

    She had been hired as a jill-of-all-trades.

    2008, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Borzoi Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 32
    2 more examples

    […] Shana is our jill-of-all-trades here. It's a quiet day—and while she gets your stuff, I can give you folks a quick tour.”

    2011, Matthew Costello, Vacation, Thomas Dunne Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 107

    Kira Gasthuber, Cosima's production assistant and jill-of-all-trades, picked up after two rings.

    2013, Nele Neuhaus, Snow White Must Die, Minotaur Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 106

Jill-of-all-trades2

nounJill-of-all-trades (plural Jills-of-all-trades)

plural Jills-of-all-trades

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jill of all trades.

    She was the head nurse and Jill-of-all-trades at the Sunshine Gap clinic.

    1999, Myrna Temte, Wrangler, Silhouette Books, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    However, I have no pretensions to being either an expert cameraperson or editor: a bit of a Jill-of-all-trades, you might say.

    2011, Jenny Devitt, in Wildlife Film-making: Looking to the Future (ed. Piers Warren), Wildeye (2011), page 83

    She was a Jill-of-all-trades: part-time photographer for the town, freelance photojournalist, wannabe medical examiner, and expert on all things supernatural... including a strange but thorough knowledge of the Cassidy family.

    2012, Melissa Bourbon, A Fitting End, Obsidian, →ISBN
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