A worthless or contemptible person; a good-for-nothing; a wretch; = brethel, n.

A worthless person (male or female); a rascal.

Denoting a person or thing (with varying degrees of contempt or admiration). As a term of reproach or abuse: a worthless or contemptible person; a…

A wicked, dissolute, or licentious person; a villain. Now archaic and regional (Scottish).

A useless, lazy, or worthless person.

One who lives in idleness and extravagance; one who wastefully dissipates or consumes his resources, an extravagant spender, a squanderer…

A worthless person, rogue, blackguard; = losel, n. adj. In 16th cent. often opposed to lord.

A worthless person; a profligate, rake, scoundrel; in weaker sense, a ragamuffin, ne'er-do-well.

= land-loper, n.

A teller of feigned or idle stories, one not to be believed or taken seriously; a jester, a joker; a nonsensical speaker; a worthless fellow.

A worthless or contemptible person; a good-for-nothing; a scoundrel, a wretch. Obsolete.

A low or worthless fellow; a rascal.

A wicked or contemptible person. Obsolete.

= lorel, n. a.

A vagabond.

A worthless or contemptible person; a good-for-nothing; a wretch. Cf. bretheling, n.

a ne'er-do-well, a wasteful person.

One of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some…

a ne'er-do-well.

a group (of jugglers) (one of many alleged group terms found in late Middle English glossarial sources, but not otherwise substantiated).

A worthless person, a fool.

A worthless, good-for-nothing fellow.

An immoral or promiscuous man.

A wretch, worthless person; = brethel, n., brothel, n. 1.

Used (contemptuously) of a living person, as no better than carrion. Obsolete.

A lanky, lazy, worthless, or despicable person. Obsolete.

A vile or worthless person; a wretch.

A worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Now English regional (Yorkshire).

One who resorts to petty shifts or tricks, or who practises artifice; an idle, thriftless fellow; a trickster, cozener, etc. Also with for. Obsolete.

A disreputable or contemptible person; a person of a low social class. Cf. rag-tag, n. 2, tag-rag, n. a. Now rare.

A vagabond.

One who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; figurative †a renegade; an adventurer.

A worthless person or thing; worthlessness.

A worthless or vile fellow. Obsolete.

A worthless person; a rascal. Obsolete.

? Ragamuffin.

as n. A person of no reputation, a good-for-nothing.

An idle, worthless person, a scoundrel; a ragged, disreputable-looking person, a ragamuffin.

(See quots.)

A contemptible, worthless person of either sex; a good-for-nothing. archaic. Applied to a man.

A transaction which is unfavourable or disadvantageous, esp. financially, to the party agreeing to it. Later also: a difficult circumstance…

A slobbering or dirty fellow; a worthless sloven.

A good-for-nothing person.

A trifler.

an idler.

= slubberdegullion, n. Also attributive.

A trifler; an insignificant or contemptible fellow (cf. whiffling, adj.1 3); also, a shifty or evasive person.

= ne'er-do-well, n.

= good-for-nothing, n. 1. Cf. good-for-naught, n.

a ne'er-do-well.

An idle disreputable fellow, a vagabond.

A disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue (sometimes without serious implication of bad qualities).

A disreputable person, ragamuffin.

A shabby or worthless fellow.

A scoundrel, a rascal, a worthless fellow.

A good-for-nothing; a worthless, disreputable person.

‘Something of less value than it seems’; hence, ‘something of no value; trifles’ (Johnson)… Applied to a person, esp. a woman: cf. trash, n.1 4. ? Obs…

figurative. A worthless person; a rascal, a good-for-nothing. Now chiefly Irish English.

A term of contempt: A low or scurvy fellow; an idle, worthless fellow.

A good-for-nothing, worthless person, a ne'er-do-well, ‘waster’; a rascal. Also playfully as a mild term of reproof.

A worthless person, a vagabond.

a ne'er-do-well.

A worthless, good-for-nothing fellow; a scamp.

transferred. A mean, worthless person or animal.

slang. A worthless person. Also Australian (? transferred from 2) a welsher, defaulter. Also, something worthless, a failure.

A person who is of no use or help to others, esp. one who is lazy, feckless, and unreliable. Formerly also: †a useless thing (obsolete).

A good-for-nothing, idle, worthless, disreputable person.

A disreputable fellow; a good-for-nothing; a scapegrace, blackguard; in Trade Union slang, a man who will not work. Also attributive.

dialect. = shack, n.2 1.

An idle, worthless, or shiftless fellow. (Cf. dead beat, n.2) U.S.

A tramp or vagrant; a despicable or worthless person. Also attributive.

English regional (Yorkshire and west midlands) and Welsh English (southern). An idler, a loafer; a vagrant; a disreputable person. Chiefly derogatory.

= sense 2 above.

= lowlife, n. 2b.

U.S. slang. (a) A person of no account; a despicable or contemptible person; (broadly) a person, a fellow (rare) (b) a petty criminal; a hoodlum, a…

A despicable or contemptible person, esp. one involved in criminal activity. Also as a term of abuse. Cf. low-lifer, n.

U.S. slang. A worthless or contemptible person (in early use esp. among hoboes); spec. (a) a Japanese person; (b) (in African-American use) a…

An unpleasant or objectionable man or (occasionally) woman.

colloquial. A useless or incompetent person; a person or thing doomed to failure.

A worthless person, a fool, a loser, a jerk; an unkempt, slovenly, or plain-looking person.

a drunkard; a person who fools about; a feckless or irresponsible person.

slang. Usually in form deadleg. An idle or worthless person; a dead-beat, a ‘loser’.