worthless fellow

  • 1fellow — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English felawe, from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, from fēlag partnership, from fē cattle, money + lag act of laying Date: before 12th century 1. comrade, associate 2. a. an equal in… …

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  • 2Good fellow — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

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  • 3Hiberno-English — (also known as Irish English[1]) is the dialect of English written and spoken in Ireland (Hibernia).[2] English was first brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion of the late 12th century. Initially it was mainly spoken in an area known as… …

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  • 4good-for-nothing — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, NG, bad lot, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bone lazy, budmash, bum, bummer, cadging, caitiff, cheap, derelict, devil, dilatory, do nothing, doless, drifter, dronish, drony, drunkard, easy …

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  • 5no good — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, NG, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, cheap, derelict, devil, drifter, drunkard, good for naught, good for nothing, hobo, human wreck, junk, junky, lowlife,… …

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  • 6beggar — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, almsman, almswoman, asker, baffle, bankrupt, beach bum, beachcomber, beggarly fellow, blighter, bloke, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, casual, challenge, chap, charity case, coupon clippers …

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  • 7devil — Synonyms and related words: Abaddon, Apollyon, Baba Yaga, Beelzebub, Belial, Bowery bum, Lilith, Linotyper, Lucifer, Mafioso, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Satan, Succubus, Xanthippe, Young Turk, adventurer, adventuress, adversary,… …

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  • 8hobo — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, alien, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, case, character, crackpot, crank, derelict, devil, dogie, drifter, drunkard, eccentric,… …

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  • 9tramp — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, airing, alien, amble, backpack, baggage, bat around, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, case, character, chug on, constitutional,… …

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  • 10cull — {{11}}cull (n.) dupe, saphead, rogues slang from late 16c., perhaps a shortening of cullion base fellow, originally testicle (from Fr. couillon, from O.Fr. coillon testicle; worthless fellow, dolt, from L. coleus, lit. strainer bag; see COJONES… …

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