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Seems like people have been wrestling with this topic throughout history :-) https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508
by wolfhumble 3y ago
Seems like people have been wrestling with this topic throughout history :-)
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907
"1618 Jack-of-all-trades
1631 Tom of all Trades
1639 John-of-all-trades
1721 Jack of all trades, and it would seem, Good at none
1732 Jack of all Trades is of no Trade
1741 Jack of all trades, and in truth, master of none
1785 a Jack of all trades, but master of none
1930 a Jack of all trades and a master of one
2007 Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one
The extra-long version of the expression may be considerably older than the 2007 earliest established occurrence might suggest—perhaps even a decade or two older. But it isn't the original form of the expression; and in comparison with the forms that arose during the 1700s, it is quite young."