Meanings
verbdo a never (third-person singular simple present does a never, present participle doing a never, simple past did a never, past participle done a never)
present singular third person does a never · participle present doing a never · past did a never · participle past done a never
- UKdatedslanggovernmentTo mess about; to idle instead of working.
The Chief Buffer has got a howl on now because he got a blast from Torps, as so many of the part of ship hands were doing a never on the messdecks instead of working the main derrick.
1943, Robert Burgess, Roland Blackburn, We Joined the Navy
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