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| jack of all trades |
| 1. n. One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them. |
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| Jack |
| 1. n. (informal) (a placeholder or conventional name for any man, particularly a younger, lower-class man) |
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| 2. n. (informal, archaic) a Jack Tar, a sailor |
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| 3. n. (informal, archaic) a Jack Rum, a soldier |
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| 4. n. A jacqueminot rose. |
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| 5. n. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack. |
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| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. |
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| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". |
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| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). |
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| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). |
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| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. |
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| all |
| 1. adv. (degree) intensifier. |
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| It suddenly went all quiet. |
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| She was all, “Whatever.” |
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| 2. adv. (poetic) Entirely. |
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| 3. adv. Apiece; each. |
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| trades |
| 1. n. plural of trade |
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| 2. n. (only as plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator. |
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| They rode the trades going west. |
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| 3. n. (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries. |
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| Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades. |
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| trade |
| 1. n. Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. |
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| 2. n. A particular instance of buying or selling. |
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| I did no trades with them once the rumors started. |
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| 3. n. An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. |
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| 4. n. Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work. |
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