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☆ gold·brick (-brik′)

noun

  1. Informal a worthless metal bar gilded and sold as solid gold in a swindle
  2. Informal anything worthless passed off as genuine or valuable
  3. Mil. Slang a person who tries to avoid work; shirker; loafer
    also goldbricker gold′·brick′er

intransitive verb

Mil. Slang to shirk a duty or avoid work; loaf

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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