The main character is Patrick Scully, a hapless youth with few prospects.

Said to have named the Turkish occupation, when the Turks took the children of the village and made janissaries and residents commiserating these, named them "black youth" (i.e. the hapless youth).

So they'd wait until one of their students arrived for a special lesson, and the hapless youth would be sent out On Quest with a purchase-order and a purse, will-he, nill-he.

Calling the hapless youth before him, the manager fixed him with a gimlet eye and said, "You're late, laddie!

The result is excruciating: in one drawing 'Narcissus I-IV'(watercolour and ink on paper, 1992) vegetation is protruding from the backside of the hapless youth.

The series chronicles the efforts of a hapless Saudian youth to woo and marry a beautiful Indian woman, while also holding down a steady job.

The hapless youth at the bottom of the ladder looked around wildly for guidance but everyone else dropped their gaze.

And, of course, a concern for the hapless youth of our unfortunate and disunited country.

Not long ago, in clear violation of the strict Amish code of conduct, a hapless youth was discovered with Willie Nelson tapes in his horse-drawn buggy.

"Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth:And, O ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth."