Ne'er-do-well
Pronunciation : Ne'er"-do-well`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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