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What is the origin of the termjack-of-all-trades?
Answer
In England, from the mid-1500s on, “Jack” was a familiar term of address for a social inferior. (It is a nickname for Johan or John.) Jack-of-all-trades dates from the early 1600s and originally meant a commoner who had skills in several differentareas.
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