Meanings
jill-of-all-trades1
plural jills-of-all-trades
- 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 322 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 107Kira 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
plural Jills-of-all-trades
- 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, →ISBN2 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 83She 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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