know-a-little-of-everything

Updated: June 15, 2025

"Tradition hath it that Lilith was Adam's first wife. That makes it the oldest she-name on record, doesn't it?" "Of course. What a rum chap you are, Stanninghame! Now, I wonder how many fellows could have told one that?" "Well, I am a 'know-a-little-of-everything, they tell me," said Laurence, without a shade of self-complacency. "But, I say, what do these two want bothering around?

Bertram Mitford - The Sign of the Spider