"Jill of all trades" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jills of all trades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Jills of all trades}} Jill of all trades (plural Jills of all trades)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of jill of all trades. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: jill of all trades
    Sense id: en-Jill_of_all_trades-en-noun-n825ZQGA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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