Ne'er-do-well \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.
ne'er-do-well
n : an idle worthless person [syn: {goldbrick}, {goof-off}, {good-for-nothing},
{good-for-naught}]