ne'er-do-weel

Along with copious quantities of cat pee, since some furry ne'er-do-weel has apparently decided this was an alternate litter box, sans litter.

A grump, a poem, and a meme walked into a bar... kittenpie 2008

Along with copious quantities of cat pee, since some furry ne'er-do-weel has apparently decided this was an alternate litter box, sans litter.

Archive 2008-03-01 kittenpie 2008

Captain Stephen was a ne'er-do-weel, apparently, and had drained his benevolent brother of hundreds and thousands; forced him to fly from fashionable life and live quietly in this retreat.

The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003

The white park-gate is held wide open by a poor ne'er-do-weel in a shabby old red coat -- John Ellis by name.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

The son being rather a "ne'er-do-weel," his having got into some scrape was not improbable; but that he should have committed murder, and been tried and sentenced without anybody hearing of it seemed impossible.

India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin

Washington Irving has made us so familiar, the ne'er-do-weel Rip wanders off into the Kaatskill Mountains with his dog and gun in order to escape from his wife's scolding tongue.

Queen Victoria E. Gordon Browne

Wilkins, Reginald learnt that Sarah Wilkins had been the only daughter of his brother, that she had married a ne'er-do-weel of the name of

Wikkey A Scrap Henrietta Vaders

Now, the lawyer has just received a letter from this young ne'er-do-weel, who wants to borrow money.

The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray

As he was an utter ne'er-do-weel, the parish priest justly considered him unfit for the situation, and brought from a neighbouring county a schoolmaster highly recommended by the National Convention.

The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent S.M. Hussey

The scholar working for a prize, the writer or speaker resolving to make a name, the man of business pressing onward past the indolent and the ne'er-do-weel, are not to be condemned, so long as they seek lawful objects by lawful means.

Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan