do-little
do-little noun: someone who does, performs or achieves little.
Noun
do-little (plural do-littles)
- Someone who does, performs or achieves little
- Great talkers are commonly do-littles.1655, John Richardson, Choice Observations and Explanations of the Old Testament […]
- "Is that all I am good for now? I was good for mair than that in the great fight between our folk and Patrico Salmon's; if I had not helped you with these very fambles, (holding up her hands) Jean Baillie would have frummagem'd you, ye feckless do-little."1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- Synonyms:
- layabout
Synonyms of do-little
Forms of do-little
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Questions about do-little
- What does do-little mean?
- Do-little means someone who does, performs or achieves little.
- What part of speech is do-little?
- Do-little is a noun.
- What is the plural of do-little?
- The plural of do-little is do-littles.
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