adjective
1.
lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car.
noun
2.
a person or thing that is worthless or undependable.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
1905–10, Americanism
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Word Origin & History
no-good
1908, from phrase no good "good for nothing." As a noun, first recorded 1924; variant no-goodnik (see -nik) first attested 1960.
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No-good
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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