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NE'ER-DO-WELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well; no-account
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ne'er-do-well" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)