do a never

verb

do a never

verb

1

Government, Military, Naval, Navy, Politics, War UK, Dated, Slang To 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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