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Definition of gold brick in English: gold bricknoun US informal 1A thing that looks valuable, but is in fact worthless. - 1.1 A confidence trickster.
Example sentencesExamples - He'd catch up to the goldbrickers in a moment, he just needed to rest.
- In such small communities, thieves, liars, and goldbrickers could easily be identified.
2A lazy person. Example sentencesExamples - We finished the pen around the time those two goldbrickers returned from their joyride.
verb US informal 1no object Invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk. he wasn't goldbricking; he was really sick Synonyms evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger 2with object Swindle (someone) look out they don't goldbrick you Synonyms swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull
Definition of gold brick in US English: gold bricknounˈɡōld ˌbrikˈɡoʊld ˌbrɪk US informal 1A thing that looks valuable but is in fact worthless. - 1.1 A con man.
Example sentencesExamples - He'd catch up to the goldbrickers in a moment, he just needed to rest.
- In such small communities, thieves, liars, and goldbrickers could easily be identified.
- 1.2 A lazy person.
as modifier hardworking Amos and goldbrick Andy Example sentencesExamples - We finished the pen around the time those two goldbrickers returned from their joyride.
verbˈɡōld ˌbrikˈɡoʊld ˌbrɪk [no object]US informal 1Invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk. he wasn't goldbricking; he was really sick Synonyms evade one's duty, be remiss, be negligent, skulk, play truant, malinger - 1.1with object Swindle (someone).
Synonyms swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull
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