get-nothing
nounEtymology From get + nothing.
1
Obsolete A 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.1614, Thomas Adams, The Diuells Banket [The Devil's Banquet], page 76:
- Synonyms
- idler