† cumber-worldn.
Obsolete.
A person or thing that uselessly encumbers the world.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing
cumber-worldc1374
cumber-house1541
deaf nut1613
cumber-ground1657
dead duck1844
no good1871
dead wood1877
dead wood1887
blue duck1889
dud1897
cluck1904
non-starter1911
dead loss1927
dreep1927
write-off1935
no-gooder1936
nogoodnik1936
blivet1967
roadkill1990
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 279 I combre world, that may of no thynge serue.
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2091 That combreworlde that my maister slow.
1593 M. Drayton Idea ii. sig. B3v A cumber-world, yet in the world am left.
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