Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ne'er-do-well.
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Examples
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` ` D'ye hear what the weel-favoured young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good? ''
The Waverley 1877
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'D'ye hear what the weel-favoured young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good?'
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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'D'ye hear what the weel-favoured young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good?'
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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'D'ye hear what the weel-favoured young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good?'
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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'D'ye hear what the weel-favoured young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good?'
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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