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Definition of Goldbrick
1. Noun. A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort.
2. Verb. Deprive of by deceit. "They goldbrick him of all his money"; "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Specialized synonyms: Short, Short-change
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Chisel, Rip Off
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Defrauder, Gyp, Scam, Scammer, Swindle, Swindler, Victimization
3. Noun. An idle worthless person.
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Derivative terms: Good-for-naught, Good-for-nothing
4. Verb. Avoid (one's assigned duties). "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Specialized synonyms: Scrimshank, Malinger, Skulk, Slack
Derivative terms: Goldbricking, Shirker, Shirking
5. Noun. A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not.
6. Noun. Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless.
Language type: Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Definition of Goldbrick
1. Noun. A gold brick, ''especially'' one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; (non-gloss definition also used figuratively.) ¹
2. Noun. (context: US slang dated) A shirker or malingerer ¹
3. Noun. (context: US slang dated) A swindler ¹
4. Verb. (context: US slang dated) To shirk or malinger ¹
5. Verb. (context: US slang dated) To swindle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goldbrick
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goldbrick
Literary usage of Goldbrick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The A.E.F.: Who They Were, what They Did, how They Did it by Willis Rowland Skillman (1920)
"Up and at 'em! Hell, Heaven or Hoboken! We're goin' to be relieved to-night.
How long have you been fighting on this front? Lucky goldbrick! ..."
2. Sour Sonnets of a Sorehead: & Other Songs of the Street by James Percival Haverson (1908)
"This is no vision of a dopey glow, An' I will put you wise to what I mean: A
special goldbrick has been handed me, An' I can prove that what I say is so— ..."
3. The Story of the 139th Field Artillery: American Expeditionary Forces by Robert Lowry Moorhead (1920)
"He was there and true to his title of colors, "goldbrick Mike," always leaving
his tent mates to carry the water and chop the wood, hies to Hattiesburg, ..."
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