never-sweatn.

Brit.

/ˈnɛvəswɛt/, U.S.

/ˈnɛvərˌswɛt/, Australian English

/ˈnevəswet/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., sweat v.

Etymology: < never adv. + sweat v.

slang and regional (now chiefly North American and Australian).

An idle or lazy person; (also) a person whose occupation is considered to require little effort.Quots. 1839, 1844 refer to American urban gangs; the precise significance of the term is unclear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person

caynard1303

sluggard1398

luskc1420

slugc1425

truantc1449

dawa1500

hummel?a1513

rook?a1513

wallydraigle?a1513

sloven1523

dronea1529

draw latch1538

slim1548

slouk1570

do-nothing1579

bumbiea1585

do-little1586

lazybones1593

luskin1593

do-naught1594

loiter-sack1594

bed-presser1598

lazy lizard1600

lazy-back1611

fainéant1618

nothing-do1623

trivant1624

slothful1648

lolpoop1661

tool1699

haggis1822

lazy-boots1832

lazy-legs1838

poke1847

never-sweat1851

slob1876

bum1882

haggis bag1892

lollop1896

trouble-shirker1908

warb1933

fuck-off1948

poop-butt1967

1839 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 22 Apr. We're the regular Knock-me-down, Drag-me-out,..Never tire, Never-sweat..smashing New York Rabscallions and Rigmaroles.

1844 N. Amer. & Daily Advertiser 30 May Disorderly gangs of youths calling themselves Razors, Never Sweats, Gumballs, &c.]

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 419/1 Flare up, my never-sweats.

1863 Humboldt Reg. (Unionville, Nevada) 27 June 1/3 They were objectionable; and why? Because they were owned by a parcel of Honey Lake ‘never-sweats’.

1890 C. Erskine Twenty Years before Mast 18 I was one of the forties, that is, the ‘never-sweats’,—a mizzen-top man.

c1928 R. W. Ritchie Hell-roarin' Forty-niners 196 The lordly miners dubbed the farmers of Honey Lake Valley Never Sweats.

1939 Menace of Speed Coursing (Plympton Park Citizen's Committee, Adelaide) 4 Dog racing produces nothing. It simply keeps a number of bookmakers and ‘never-sweats’ in their jobs.

1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 48 Neversweat, a person who is never in a hurry, or who is lazy.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 166 Never-sweat, an old derogatory name for a Mexican worker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	never-sweat
释义	never-sweatn. Brit. /ˈnɛvəswɛt/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˌswɛt/, Australian English /ˈnevəswet/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., sweat v. Etymology: < never adv. + sweat v. slang and regional (now chiefly North American and Australian). An idle or lazy person; (also) a person whose occupation is considered to require little effort.Quots. 1839, 1844 refer to American urban gangs; the precise significance of the term is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person caynard1303 sluggard1398 luskc1420 slugc1425 truantc1449 dawa1500 hummel?a1513 rook?a1513 wallydraigle?a1513 sloven1523 dronea1529 draw latch1538 slim1548 slouk1570 do-nothing1579 bumbiea1585 do-little1586 lazybones1593 luskin1593 do-naught1594 loiter-sack1594 bed-presser1598 lazy lizard1600 lazy-back1611 fainéant1618 nothing-do1623 trivant1624 slothful1648 lolpoop1661 tool1699 haggis1822 lazy-boots1832 lazy-legs1838 poke1847 never-sweat1851 slob1876 bum1882 haggis bag1892 lollop1896 trouble-shirker1908 warb1933 fuck-off1948 poop-butt1967 1839 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 22 Apr. We're the regular Knock-me-down, Drag-me-out,..Never tire, Never-sweat..smashing New York Rabscallions and Rigmaroles. 1844 N. Amer. & Daily Advertiser 30 May Disorderly gangs of youths calling themselves Razors, Never Sweats, Gumballs, &c.] 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 419/1 Flare up, my never-sweats. 1863 Humboldt Reg. (Unionville, Nevada) 27 June 1/3 They were objectionable; and why? Because they were owned by a parcel of Honey Lake ‘never-sweats’. 1890 C. Erskine Twenty Years before Mast 18 I was one of the forties, that is, the ‘never-sweats’,—a mizzen-top man. c1928 R. W. Ritchie Hell-roarin' Forty-niners 196 The lordly miners dubbed the farmers of Honey Lake Valley Never Sweats. 1939 Menace of Speed Coursing (Plympton Park Citizen's Committee, Adelaide) 4 Dog racing produces nothing. It simply keeps a number of bookmakers and ‘never-sweats’ in their jobs. 1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 48 Neversweat, a person who is never in a hurry, or who is lazy. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 166 Never-sweat, an old derogatory name for a Mexican worker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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