do-nothing
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Justly nicknamed the "Do-nothing," he looked as nonchalant as he seemed bored.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
Louis the Do-nothing, a youth of indolent and puerile mind, felt his curiosity pricked, but failed to draw any explanation from Blanche.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
Essentially a truth, as we already know, though the circumstances were all different; and the promise was to a devout High Priest, not to a crowned Blockhead and cowardly Do-nothing.
From Early Kings of Norway by Carlyle, Thomas
The King himself, Louis the Do-nothing, amused himself occasionally with the foolish pranks of the young serf.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
Louis the Do-nothing was asleep at full length upon his lounge near to the table that was still covered with the dishes and vases of gold and silver.
From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène
