English

Noun

Jill of all trades ‎(plural Jills of all trades)

1. Alternative letter-case form of jill of all trades.
   • 2006, Alice Sharpe, Duplicate Daughter, Harlequin (2006), ISBN 9781459225480, unnumbered page:

     She was a people person, a bartender for years, a Jill of all trades.

   • 2009, Grace Dobush, Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All, North Light Books (2009), ISBN 9781600613203, page 20:

     Running a crafty biz means being a Jill of all trades, and you have to be a real self-starter (if you'll pardon the business jargon).

   • 2012, J. N. Sadler, Neighbors, Xlibris (2012), ISBN 9781477145043, page 44:

     She was the Jill of all trades there; shampoo girl, receptionist, and sweep up gal.

English

Alternative forms

• Jill of all trades, Jill-of-all-trades, jill-of-all-trades

Noun

jill of all trades ‎(plural jills of all trades)

1. (idiomatic) A woman competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.
   • 1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, University of Queensland Press (2003), ISBN 0702233889, page 268:

     Sitting in a dive in Central Square, the one where she works as a dishwasher, barmaid, jill of all trades (illegal, no papers, below-the-minimum cash payments, afternoon and early evening shifts), she stared into a mug of beer and told herself: There comes a point.

   • 2000, Amy Einsohn, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, University of California Press (2000), ISBN 0520218345, page 64:

     If you intend to work primarily in one field, that approach would be reasonable. But if you aspire to be a jack or jill of all trades, you may want to begin by looking at some general guides for nonspecialized writers.

   • 2012, Ruth Hamilton, The Bells of Scotland Road, Macmillan (2012), ISBN 9781447209461, unnumbered page:

     Sister Josephine was a jill of all trades. She served as bursar, school secretary, meals supervisor, welfare officer and troubleshooter.

Coordinate terms

• jack of all trades