screw-off

plural screw-offs

1. CanadaUSslangSomeone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.

   You know, when a guy is a screw-off you got to discipline him.

   1997, Robert W. Snyder, Transit talk: New York's bus and subway workers tell their stories, page 137

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   I've always considered that a polite way of telling a parent that her child is a screw-off, a goofball of major talent.

   1988, Ann Edwards Cannon, Cal Cameron by day, Spider-man by night, page 98

1. not comparableAble to be removed by unscrewing.

   These were easy wines for everyday life, with screw-off caps so that you could pour two glasses and then close up the bottle for the next day.

   2009, Ed McCarthy with Mary Ewing-Mulligan, California Wine For Dummies, page 14