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☆ gold·brick (-brik′)
noun
- Informal a worthless metal bar gilded and sold as solid gold in a swindle
- Informal anything worthless passed off as genuine or valuable
- Mil. Slang a person who tries to avoid work; shirker; loaferalso goldbricker gold′·brick′er
intransitive verb
Mil. Slang to shirk a duty or avoid work; loaf
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