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Goldbrick| Noun | 1. | goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effortshirker, slacker - a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention" | | | 2. | goldbrick - an idle worthless person | | | 3. | goldbrick - a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is notcube, block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides | | | 4. | goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | | | Verb | 1. | goldbrick - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gyp, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | | 2. | goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires" scrimshank - British military language: avoid work malinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle | |
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