An employee who does all kinds of work; spec. (esp. in earlier use) a domestic servant or employee who undertakes all kinds of household tasks.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman (28) factotum1562 An employee who does all kinds of work; spec. (esp. in earlier use) a domestic servant or employee who undertakes all kinds of household tasks. Magister factotum1573 literary. In elaborated variants, with prefixed Latin title or name; cf. dominus factotum, n. (a) a person in charge of everything, esp. in a… Johannes factotum1592 literary. In elaborated variants, with prefixed Latin title or name; cf. dominus factotum, n. a person who can do many different kinds of work; a… Jack of all trades1618 (A name for) a person who is able to do many different types of work. Tom of all trades1631 (the name of) a person who is able to carry out many different kinds of work; = Jack of all trades, n. John-of-all-trades1639 a person able to turn his or her hand to many different types of work; = Jack of all trades, n. handyman1742 A man able or employed to undertake a variety of manual tasks; a general labourer; (now esp.) a man employed or engaged to carry out domestic repairs… odd man1743 A person who does odd jobs. gimcrack1766 (See quots. 1785 1854.) Now only dialect. Jack of all work1773 a person who is able to do many different types of work; = Jack of all trades, n. orraman1802 a man employed, esp. on a farm, to do odd jobs rather than regular or specific work; an odd-job man. bottle washer1835 humorous. A person who performs routine, sometimes menial, tasks; a factotum. Chiefly in chief (or head) cook and bottle-washer: a person who is… Jack1836 Any of various types of manual labourer; a male servant; an odd-job man. Now rare. odd-jobs man1859 General attributive, esp. in odd-job man (also odd-jobs man). roustabout1862 Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A general worker; a casual or unskilled labourer; (derogatory) a vagrant or… hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 U.S. and Australian. = roustabout, n. 2a. Cf. rouser, n. 4. odd-jobber1886 A person who does odd jobs for a living. knockabout1889 Australia. A ‘knock-about’ man: see A. 2c. orra-loon1895 = orraman n. rouser1896 Australian and New Zealand. = rouseabout, n. 2a. Cf. rousie, n. trouncer1896 One who trounces; spec. an odd man (see odd, adj. 8f); an assistant to a carman, drayman, or lorry-driver; †on a man-of-war: see quot. 1867 (obsolete… leatherneck1898 = rouseabout, n. 2. Australian. loppy1898 A handyman on rural stations. rouseabout1901 Australian and New Zealand. A general worker on a farm or sheep station, esp. one employed in a shearing shed. Cf. roustabout, n. bluetongue2002 slang (originally Australian). = rouseabout, n. 2. Subcategories:— female (2) |
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