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Meanings of ne'er-do-well in английском

португальский
zero à esquerda
каталонский
desastre

An idle worthless person.

zero à esquerda

Derogatory term for a rogue, vagrant or vagabond without means of support; a good-for-nothing louse.

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Usage of ne'er-do-well in английском
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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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Of his two sons, one was a ne'er-do-well.
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
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Shall a man who is needed by his family risk his life to save a ne'er-do-well?
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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The sailors exchanged glances, probably thinking him a witless ne'er-do-well riding on some recent rise in fortune.
Thief of lives
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Van Persie curls in the free-kick, which is diverted behind for a corner by another Dutch ne'er-do-well.
The Guardian
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It is the poor woman's ne'er-do-well husband.
An Old Man's Love
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Every question is settled when some moth-eaten ne'er-do-well lets out what is known as a 'rebel yell.'
Queed: A Novel
12
I put him down as a scapegrace, for he had all the winning pleasant manner of a ne'er-do-well.
My Brilliant Career
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He had idled and misspent too many years, been vaurien and ne'er-do-well too long to be sordid now.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 3
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He became a ringleader of a gang that infested London; a thorough mendicant and ne'er-do-well; a pest to society.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
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In the darkness of night our plan came to seem like an atrocious outrage upon a guileless, defenceless ne'er-do-well.
The Boss of Little Arcady
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He looked entirely like a ne'er-do-well who plays a violin in the street, dressed in the most down-at-heel, sordid respectability.
Twilight in Italy
Translations for ne'er-do-well
португальский
zero à esquerda