jacks-of-all-trades

They include several of Brown's sons; the others are adventurers, jacks-of-all-trades, a crank or two, some free blacks and escaped slaves; a number of them have been soldiers, one was a militia colonel, and most of 'em have fought in the Kansas troubles.

THE NUMBERS 2010

He assigns everyday maintenance to a handful of trusted jacks-of-all-trades with janitor-size key rings.

King Neil of Greenwich Village 2010

From my limited understanding of the comic book industry, jacks-of-all-trades are pretty rare.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Problems with First-Person Narration 2008

He assigns everyday maintenance to a handful of trusted jacks-of-all-trades with janitor-size key rings.

King Neil of Greenwich Village 2010

A package like this is GOLD to somebody like myself and with the economy the way it is, more and more designers and developers are going to have to be able to become "jacks-of-all-trades".

Adobe eLearning Suite: for the master of all trades Clive Shepherd 2009

The ACS also advises doctors who primarily work in urban hospitals, where the work is more specialized, not to do stints in small, rural hospitals, where they typically need to be jacks-of-all-trades.

Surgeon Shortage Pushes Hospitals to Hire Temps 2009

Good interview, but I was wonder about this bit: "For instance, SF created the idea of humanoid robots that would be jacks-of-all-trades, and largely ignored the idea of specialty robots that only did one thing, be it weld auto frames, aid bomb disposal teams, or bake bread on kitchen table tops."

I Am Heard From Yet Again Walter Jon Williams 2008

So cardiologists have started pursuing an unorthodox strategy -- shoring up the dying hearts with stem cells, the body's self-renewing jacks-of-all-trades, immature cells that can be coaxed into transforming into many different types.

REBUILDING THE HEART 2007

Only two ministry employees worked exclusively at the Hacienda, where they served as jacks-of-all-trades, he said.

Blurring the Line 2003

They include several of Brown's sons; the others are adventurers, jacks-of-all-trades, a crank or two, some free blacks and escaped slaves; a number of them have been soldiers, one was a militia colonel, and most of 'em have fought in the Kansas troubles.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995