The bank had at once suspected the ne'er-do-well son. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
He was a well-known ne'er-do-well among the Italian colony. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of the Six Napoleons] Reference
If you're not an alcoholic ne'er-do-well millionaire, you're the One. From Wordnik.com. [Nato Green: Of Course Obama Is The One; Not That There's Anything Wrong With That] Reference
It was only those ne'er-do-well sort of people who were thus favored. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Enter Jason Segel as the crass, ne'er-do-well ready for the challenge. From Wordnik.com. [We Love You, Hollywood's New Trend] Reference
England's sons, but she does not want the loafer nor the ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
That's '' -- and he went on to become a drug addict and a ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Vp Remarks On Global Climate Change] Reference
Shall a man who is needed by his family risk his life to save a ne'er-do-well?. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Every story about her is marred by the taint of professional ne'er-do-well Levi. From Wordnik.com. [Bristol Palin’s Abstinence About-Face] Reference
William Teas was a ne'er-do-well, a beggar of the Shepherdstown-Sharpsburg area. From Wordnik.com. [Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839,] Reference
Peter, a lazy ne'er-do-well, ran away from home, leaving his parents to die of grief. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Gregg Gordon is a writer, musician, activist, and otherwise ne'er-do-well in Columbus, Ohio. From Wordnik.com. [How to End the War in One Day] Reference
That stress of scraping by, keeping your family intact when your husband is a ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Moms Gone Wild] Reference
"You are awfully good to be willing to listen to so long a tale of a ne'er-do-well," he returned. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference
His name was Joe Hopper, a ne'er-do-well whose children, by working at the mill, supported him in idleness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Sometimes, the tag refers to a pariah, a ne'er-do-well, a killjoy, or an interloper, but it's always subjective. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand] Reference
How did the principled, dignified war hero lose to the goofy, ne'er-do-well Connecticut preppie in Stetson boots?. From Wordnik.com. [New Mets Stadium: A Home Run] Reference
Collins -- and the sheer gall of it jammed my teeth -- Collins and Dunn, two ne'er-do-well brats in our own mine. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Dollie's parents thought her boyfriend was a ne'er-do-well, unable to support himself, let alone a wife and child. From Wordnik.com. [TODAY IN HISTORY: Gifted Scientist and Her Theories Emerge from Relative Obscurity] Reference
When his ne'er-do-well kid was selected by an ideologically dysfunctional Supreme Court, the deal was set in stone. From Wordnik.com. [One More Day] Reference
Here was a means of at once swelling the man-power of his country and ridding himself of a pestilent ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919] Reference
He heads for the farm on which he raised his family, only to find that his son has leased it to a local ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Interview: Hal Holbrook relishes rediscovery] Reference
The president of the United States should not be sleeping on couches like a ne'er-do-well houseguest who never leaves. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Clinton on the Couch] Reference
Her beauty, her youngest one, Ophelia, was sitting next to that ne'er-do-well Joe Fairstairs, and this made her unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
It's well known that the twice-divorced ne'er-do-well money bags behind the swiftboat liars was sued by his two daughters. From Wordnik.com. [Howie Klein: How Do Republicans Win Elections: Meet Harold Simmons, Reactionary Billionaire Smearmeister Who Buys Them] Reference
He was a good many years my senior -- and I've always understood that he was a bit of a ne'er-do-well in his younger days. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
But what of the ne'er-do-well executive cowering behind his desk who flips out after Mike Wallace rides in with a camera crew?. From Wordnik.com. [The $25 Million Secret] Reference
"You're right, Tif," Frank Nelsen agreed, feeling that for once the ne'er-do-well -- the nuisance -- might be doing them all some good. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
If it were not for her sister, she might find it in her to like, though she could never approve of the good-looking young ne'er-do-well. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
No matter how strong our affection for the ingratiating ne'er-do-well, there are certain charges against the poet which we cannot ignore. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
In 2002, Nicholas Hoult was a pudgy-faced awkward young boy who sort of stalked ne'er-do-well Hugh Grant in the delightful and moving film, About A Boy. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Russnow: Nicholas Hoult of A Single Man: About a Boy Who's Become a Man -- With Oscar Prospects!] Reference
But he finds that his farm and farmhouse are now occupied by the family of a local ne'er-do-well, Lonzo Choat (Ray McKinnon), for whom Abner has particular disdain. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: Movie review: That Evening Sun - An indy gem] Reference
So she takes the advice of her ne'er-do-well father (John Lithgow, in a one-scene role): She flies to Dublin to surprise Dr. Dud at a medical conference on Feb. 29. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Leap Year] Reference
When a new president takes office, his ne'er-do-well siblings receive a whole slew of opportunities for corrupt behavior, legal scrapes, and generally humiliating mayhem. From Wordnik.com. [Six Presidential Siblings and the Headaches They Caused] Reference
After the series Roc ended, every role offer I got was for the wise-cracking, ne'er-do-well brother or boyfriend and I could have made a very good career doing those characters. From Wordnik.com. [Jenna Busch: Interview with Rocky Carroll of NCIS] Reference
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