Meanings
nounnever-sweat (plural never-sweats)
plural never-sweats
- AustraliaCanadaUSslangAn idle or lazy person.First known use 19th c.
“If you're planning on drilling your own oil, Ms. McCullough, let me assure you there is no faster way to go bankrupt, and you'll end up living in one of those houses with the niggers and the never-sweats.”
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 281
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never-sweat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-sweat
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“never-sweat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-sweat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “never-sweat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/never-sweat.
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