1. A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort 
2. An idle worthless person
   - goof-off [N. Amer], ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught 
3. A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not 
4. Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

1. Deprive of by deceit
   - victimize, swindle, rook, nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer], ream [N. Amer] 
2. Avoid (one's assigned duties)
   - fiddle, shirk, shrink from

Derived forms: goldbricking, goldbricked, goldbricks

See also: goldbricking [N. Amer]

Type of: avoid, block, bum [N. Amer], cheat, chisel, cube, do-nothing, dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, idler, layabout, loafer, pongo [Brit], put-on, rip off, shirker, slacker, soldier, spoof

Encyclopedia: Goldbrick

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