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(thing) by Blue_Bellied_Lizard (23.4 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Nov 01 2000 at 13:44:33

ne'er-do-well (n)

An idle, irresponsible person. A rapscallion.


(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Mon Jan 02 2006 at 18:42:33

Ne'er"-do-well` (?), n.

A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.

The idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their communities.
Harper's Mag.

 

© Webster 1913


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