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Never working, good-for-nothing (2,2,7)

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I believe the answer is:

on no account

'never' is the definition.
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'working good-for-nothing' is the wordplay.
'working' becomes 'on'.
'good-for-nothing' becomes 'noaccount' ('no-account' can be a synonym of 'good-for-nothing').
'on'+'noaccount'='ON NO ACCOUNT'

(Other definitions for on no account that I've seen before include "Never" , "Certainly not!" , "Where immediate payments are recorded?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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