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Goldbrick

[gohld-brik for 1, 2; gohld-brik for 3–5]

noun

Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.

Informal. anything supposed to be valuable but which turns out to be worthless.

Also, gold·brick·er. Slang. a person, especially a soldier, who shirks responsibility or performs duties without proper effort or care.

verb (used without object) Slang.

to shirk responsibility or perform halfheartedly; loaf.

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verb (used with object)

to swindle; cheat.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; gold + brick

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goldbrick definition

n.
a lazy person. : Pete is just a lazy goldbrick.
in.
to be lazy; to shirk one's duty. : Whoever is goldbricking when I come back gets a real talking to.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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