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Meanings of goof-off in inglés

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An idle worthless person.

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Examples for "good-for-nothing"
Examples for "good-for-nothing"
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Vacher tried to explain: 'I'm an unhappy man, a cripple, a good-for-nothing.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
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It's impossible to raise the whole metro to defend one good-for-nothing station .
Metro 2033
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Grant's father considered his son a shiftless good-for-nothing for 30 yrs.
The new yorker
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A good-for-nothing wench kissed me on the forehead, before I could prevent it.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07
5
A person who is constantly or continually criticized can become good-for-nothing.
Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
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Licking is strictly off-limits, especially for a no-account geek girl like me.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
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She declared that his trifling, no-account nature made him all but impossible.
The Boss of Little Arcady
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Can't a low-down, no-account man like me even laugh where there's happiness?
The Long Chance
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Licking is strictly off-limits, especially for a no-account geek girl like me.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
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She declared that his trifling, no-account nature made him all but impossible.
The Boss of Little Arcady
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I'd just as soon goldbrick with malaria as with anything else.
Catch-22
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I do not feel hard toward goldbrick men and "blue sky" venders.
The University of Hard Knocks
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Out with the goldbrick first.
The Gentle Grafter
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We chiseled, stole, malingered, goldbricked, and generally made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
Once there was a war
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He sounded out of breath, but Hall had no idea why; he had been goldbricking all night.
Night Shift
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Then there was Mr. Evringham's younger son, a regular roving ne'er-do-well.
Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life
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He's a ne'er-do-well, a blacksheep and a disgrace to his family.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
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Kind, as men go, but a ne'er-do-well, a prodigal, a waster.
Man-Size
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He was a drunken ne'er-do-well, but he was my man.
A Man Four-Square
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He was a well-known ne'er-do-well among the Italian colony.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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Don't suppose I would waste time on a good-for-naught.
The Adventures of Prince Lazybones, and Other Stories
Usage of goof-off in inglés
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She was lazy, a goof-off in an operation run by a man who allowed no goof-offs.
The Shining
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It was a deliberate goof-off.
Talk of the town
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