Meanings
nounget-nothing (plural get-nothings)
plural get-nothings
- obsoleteA lazy person; an idler; a layabout.
Euery get-nothing is a theefe, and lazineſſe is a ſtolen water: if the Deuill can winne thee, to plye hard this liquour, hee knowes it will whet thy ſtomach to any vice.
The Devil's Banquet
1614, Thomas Adams, The Diuells Banket [The Devil's Banquet], page 76Synonyms: idler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lazy person; an idler; a layabout.
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