2. Verb. (third-person singular of goldbrick) ¹
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Definition of Goldbricks
1. goldbrick [v] - See also: goldbrick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goldbricks
Literary usage of Goldbricks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"... mills which some few years ago handed out educational goldbricks to the ignorant
or mercenary. ..."
2. Business English by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1911)
"As a business term it has (for me at least) dim associations with goldbricks.
Yours truly, Yours very truly, Very truly yours—these good old standbys are as ..."
3. America Vs. Europe in Industry: A Comparison of Industrial Policies and by Dwight Thompson Farnham (1921)
"... 1921, and "Psychology goldbricks" in the June number of the same magazine.
4See GM Whipple, Manual of Menial ..."
4. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"GOLDBRICK But Wally sidled up to one of the MP's exhibiting his wounded arm as
credentials. Ordinarily he avoided "goldbricks" as the doughboys call the ..."
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