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