ne'er-do-well (n)

An idle, irresponsible person. A rapscallion.

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.

 

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