get-nothing

English

Etymology

From get +‎ nothing.

Noun

get-nothing (plural get-nothings)

1. (obsolete) A lazy person; an idler; a layabout.
   • 1614, Thomas Adams, The Diuells Banket [The Devil's Banquet]‎^[1], page 76:

     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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:idler