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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
Passengers explained the term to me. They said that dissipated ne'er-do-wells belonging to important families in England and Canada were not cast off by their people while there was any hope of reforming them, but when that last hope perished at last, the ne'er-do-well was sent abroad to get him out of the way.
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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
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 (1916). re-released in 1921. [28] In the Days of Daring, 1916. directed by and starring Tom Mix, re-released as Days of Daring in 1920 by Aywon Film Corporation. [29] The City of Purple Dreams, 1918; Little Orphant Annie, 1918; The Lost City (Serial film, 1920, Selig Polyscope Company & Warner Brothers)
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