Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the vagina.

1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1896		Farmer Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 175: Limosin, m. The female pudendum; ‘the never-out’.

(W.I.) never.

1969

cited in Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage (1996).

1. (W.I.) an unsophisticated person, seeing the sophisticated world for the first time.

1976

cited in Allsopp Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage (1996).

2. anyone showing off their new status or possessions.

1995

Francis-Jackson Official Dancehall Dict. 37: Neva see come see the new rich; easily impressed.

see under sweat n.

the Fleet prison, London.

1821		W.T. Moncrieff Tom and Jerry III v: Welcome to ‘Freshwater-Bay,’ to my new settlement on board the ‘Never-Wag man of war’; – homeward station.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 23: Never-wag, man of war – the Fleet Prison.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open [as cit. 1835].

(US) one who never rose above mediocrity.

1887		Norwich Mercury 23 Apr. 9/1: [C]ricketers might well divided into two classes, the ‘has-beeners’ and the ‘never-wasers’.
1891		Sportsman 1 Apr. n.p.: He is one of the ‘has beens’ or else one of the never wasers as Dan Rice, the circus man, always called ambitious counterfeits .
1922		S. Lewis Babbitt (1974) 83: There’s a lot of smart college professors [...] in this burg that say I’m a roughneck and a never-wuzzer.
1930		J.T. Farrell ‘Twenty-five Bucks’ in Short Stories (1937) 183: Fifteen years is a hell of a long time for a broken-down, never-was of a palooka named Kid Tucker.
1960		E. De Roo Big Rumble 49: I’m a has been who never was.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 40: The lame — whether a ‘wanna be’ or ‘never was’ — is out of step with his or her peers.
1998		Bug (Aus.) 24 Feb. 🌐 Unfortunately, they have one slight problem. Their team is full of has-beens, beens and never wases.
2012		(con. 1954) ‘Jack Tunney’ Tomato Can Comeback [ebook] The kid is a washed up never-was who everybody took too serious for a while.

(bingo) the number 17.

2001

J. Burkardt ‘The Bingo Code’ Wordplay 🌐 17: never been kissed.

(US) (it will) never happen.

1952		R. Holles Now thrive the Armourers 131: The American was saying, ‘Ten bucks, you lousy little Nip ... it never hatchi!’.
1955		A.M.Z. Norman ‘Bamboo Eng.’ in AS XXX:1 47: Suck a hachi has united with the GI nevah hoppen to beget nevah hachi meaning precisely...‘never happen’.
1960		(con. 1950) J. Algeo ‘Korean Bamboo Eng.’ AS XXXV:2 121: Nevah hachi, or more emphaticaly, nevah huckin’ hachi, ‘impossible’ or ‘nevah-hoppen’.
1980		(con. 1952) E. McDowell Our Honor 198: ‘Is that a hint?’...‘Nebba hotchie, Joe,’ Krupke replied in the pidgin English common to veterans of Korea and Japan [HDAS].

used to dismiss any idea that the speaker cannot support or wishes to deny.

1950		N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 42: [...] ‘never happen.’ [...] It means, roughly, you must be crazy [HDAS].
1974		G.V. Higgins Cogan’s Trade (1975) 75: ‘Some day they’re gonna say you can’t sell the fuckin’ things any more [...]’ ‘Never happen,’ Steve said.
1975		E. Torres Carlito’s Way 13: ‘Anybody here seen Jakie around?’ No, not us, never happen.
1977		(con. 1969) M. Herr Dispatches 26: He goes to me, ‘Take a little run up to the ridge and report to me,’ and I goes like, ‘Never happen, Sir.’.
1993		G.P. Pelecanos Nick’s Trip 217: ‘Never happen,’ Frank said. ‘I’m not that kind of sucker. Nice try, though’.