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no-hoper

[noh-hoh-per]
noun
  1. a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.

Origin of no-hoper

1940–45; no hope + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for no-hoper

no-hoper

noun
  1. informal a useless person; failure
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