multi-hyphenate
n.— «Figuratively, he’s a multi-hyphenate. A television-writer-director-turrned-film-writer-director.» —“Pogostin: Gambling Man and Multi-Hyphenate” by Wayne Warga L.A. times Mar. 30, 1969. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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