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The term ne'er-do-well was used in the nineteenth-century Australasian colonies to denote young British and Irish men seen as undesirable. These men were typically thought to be the younger sons of wealthy families who had somehow failed to fulfil their potential, so they were sent to the colonies to 'improve' themselves.
A ne'er-do-well is a good-for-nothing person. Ne'er-do-well may also refer to: The Ne'er-do-Weel, an 1878 play by W. S. Gilbert, revived soon afterwards as The Vagabond; The Ne'er-Do-Well, a 1911 novel by Rex Beach, adapted for film several times in the silent era; The Ne'er-Do-Well, a 1916 American silent adventure crime drama film
Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 24 February 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. [1] The story had previously appeared in the US in the Saturday Evening Post between 16 September and 11 November 1916.
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A ne'er do well, who takes money from his cousin Alice to finance ruinously expensive runs for Parliament. Briefly sits in the Commons, but is disinherited by his grandfather and eventually flees to America. John Vavasor. Alice's father and George's uncle. Heir to the Vavasor fortune after George is disinherited. Kate Vavasor. Sister of George ...
The Ne'er-Do-Well is a 1916 American silent adventure crime drama film directed by Colin Campbell, and starring Wheeler Oakman, Kathlyn Williams, Harry Lonsdale, Frank Clark, and Norma Nichols. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The film opened in Los Angeles in December of 1915 [1], and was released by V-L-S-E on ...
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