ne'er-do-weel-who

Updated: May 15, 2025

"No. His uncle, Mr. Smallwood, is the general manager of our works; and Christopher has only his salary as sub-manager, and what his uncle may leave him. His mother was Mr. Smallwood's sister, and married a ne'er-do-weel-who left her penniless; at least, that is to say, if he ever had a mother which I sometimes doubt, as he understands women so little."

Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - The Farringdons