noun General Slang

Dewdropper

/ˈduːˌdrɒp.ər/ · noun · slang

A Jazz Age layabout, a young man who slept all day and dodged work, the original slacker.

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Definitions

1

A lazy young man who does no work and often sleeps through the day; an idler.

“Wake up, you dewdropper, the morning's half gone.”
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2

A jobless young fellow who hangs about doing nothing useful.

“The corner was full of dewdroppers waiting on nothing.”
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3

By extension, an aimless loafer with no ambition or prospects.

“She had no time for a dewdropper without a job or a plan.”
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Dewdropper In A Sentence

His brother turned into a real dewdropper after dropping out.
No dewdropper is going to court my daughter.
Quit being a dewdropper and go find some work.

Origin & Usage

1920s American slang for a lazy, unemployed young man. It appears in Jazz Age slang glossaries of the period, though like much flapper vocabulary its first print attestation is thinly documented, so treat the precise origin as uncertain.

Tags #1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage#insult

People Also Ask

What does dewdropper mean?

It is 1920s slang for a lazy young man who does no work and sleeps the day away.

Where did dewdropper come from?

It is Jazz Age American slang. It shows up in period slang lists, but its exact origin is poorly documented and should be treated as uncertain.

Is dewdropper an insult?

Yes, mildly. It mocks someone as an idle good-for-nothing, similar to calling a person a slacker or layabout.

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