Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jill-of-all-trades

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

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

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of jill of all trades.

noun

Alternative form of jill of all trades.

Example Sentences

"She was the head nurse and Jill-of-all-trades at the Sunshine Gap clinic."
"However, I have no pretensions to being either an expert cameraperson or editor: a bit of a Jill-of-all-trades, you might say."
"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."
"She had been hired as a jill-of-all-trades."
"[…] 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.”"
"Kira Gasthuber, Cosima's production assistant and jill-of-all-trades, picked up after two rings."

Inflected Forms

Jills-of-all-trades (plural)

Questions

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

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