Good-for-nothing wanting a chemise? (9)
I believe the answer is:
shiftless
'good-for-nothing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'wanting a chemise?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'wanting' could be 'less' (I've seen this before) and 'less' is found in the answer.
'chemise?' could be 'shift' ('shift' can be a synonym of 'chemise') and 'shift' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shiftless that I've seen before include "Like an automatic American car" , "lacking in initiative" , "Lazy - indolent" , "Idle" .)