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Ripe for any sort of work.
“After a man has had a year or two at this sort of work, he is good … . for anything.”—Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, chap. xi.
Not good for anything. Utterly worthless; used up or worn down.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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