Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A servant, an official, or a dependent who does all sorts of work; a factotum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun General manager; factotum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
general manager orfactotum .
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Examples
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The super-integration of the chips that power smart phones has enabled these do-all devices to systematically replace a bevy of other consumer standbys, from photo and video cameras to GPS devices, music players and hand-held videogame players.
Bye-Bye, PCs and Laptops Mike Malone 2011
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But where the night was only a reunion for the Manning family, it was a reunion, a homecoming and even a coronation of sorts for Mr. Kiwanuka, the Giants 'do-all man on defense.
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Anyway, I know you like your F1 as a bushcraft knife, but what do you think of it as a do-all general-purpose hunting knife?
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I think this is a problem with program balance ( "heavy iron" do-all design, early selection of sole-source provider, and new development vs. heritage designs) and with conflicting mandates (STS flights, ISS completion, extremely low risk tolerance, yet with less than 4 years launch gap and while underfunded).
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Yanyan Gray- Being both waterproof and shockproof would be a feature suited to a do-all omni-gadget like the iWish than an iPhone ELITE feature.
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So, is this the do-all prescription for instant science fiction relevance and growth?
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I have a plain-jane Remington 870 SuperMag as my go-to do-all gun.
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It's pretty much a do-all bait for fish on the bottom.
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Alot of people think ajax is the do-all and end-all.
Ajaxian Love not Everything Ben Barren 2005
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Alot of people think ajax is the do-all and end-all.
Archive 2005-10-01 Ben Barren 2005
slumry commented on the word do-all
a factotum
August 1, 2007