Get-nothing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lazy person; an idler; a layabout. obsolete

    "Euery get-nothing is a theefe, and lazineſſe is a ſtolen water: if the Deuill can winne thee, to plye hard this liquour, hee knowes it will whet thy ſtomach to any vice."

Synonyms

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bumdo-nothingdogfuckerdosserfaineantflaneur

Antonyms

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doer

Example

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"Euery get-nothing is a theefe, and lazineſſe is a ſtolen water: if the Deuill can winne thee, to plye hard this liquour, hee knowes it will whet thy ſtomach to any vice."

Etymology

From get + nothing.

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