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    [Verb]  | "goldbrick" 


    1: swindle

    2: to shirk duty or responsibility


    Origin: 1893 ;

    [Noun]  | "gold*brick" | \ ˈgōl(d)-ˌbrik \


    1: a worthless brick that appears to be of gold

    2: something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless

    3: a person who shirks assigned work


    Origin: 1865 ;

    [Verb]  | "goldbricks" 


    [Noun]  | "goldbricks" 


    1: one who deliberately avoids work or duty;


      * e.g., " ... the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food "



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    [Noun]  | "goldbrick" 


    1: one who deliberately avoids work or duty;


      * e.g., " ... the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food "



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     [ "goldbrick" ]

    1:  to avoid doing what you are supposed to be doing

      * e.g.,  ... Why are you always goldbricking? Why can't you be more like your brother? 


     [ "goldbrick" ]

    2:  a person who avoids doing what they are supposed to be doing

     [ "goldbricking" ]

    1: To loaf or goof around on the job. Supposedly an old union term describing laborers (or more specifically, bricklayers) who were going so slow, it was as if each brick were made of solid gold. One can alse be referred to as a "goldbricker".

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I spent all day at work goldbricking - surfing the web, making long distance phone calls - basically just picking my ass. 

     [ "goldbricker" ]

    1: Someone who cheats at completing a task, duty, or job.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let me tell you something else. I've seen a lot of spinals, Dude, and this guy is a fake. A fucking goldbricker." -Walter Sobchack, from The Big Lebowski (1998) 


     [ "goldbricker" ]

    2: To cheat; swindle.

     [ "goldbricking" ]

    1: Sitting around and looking good, but doing nothing. Always applied to lazy people, but best addressed to those who pretend to be working in order to look industrious, and avoid punishment or harder jobs; also, for those who think they are attractive and therefore shouldn't have to work.

      * e.g.,  ...  "That counter is clean, so don't pretend to wipe it -- you're just goldbricking so you can stand around and chit-chat." "Don't stand there goldbricking; you're not too cute to wash your own damn dishes." Also: "I just asked myself, 'Where would I go if I was goldbricking?' -- and there you were." -- Sgt. Mary Gumm, from Friday, by Robert A. Heinlein. 

     [ "goldbricker" ]

    1: A slacker. Someone who milks a job to get more money.

      * e.g.,  ... When are those union goldbrickers going to finish that job ? They've turned a two month project into six. 

     [ "goldbricking" ]

    1: To cheat at accomplishing a task, duty, or job.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm the one who's going to kick your phony goldbricking ass! -From the 1998 movie, The Big Lebowski 


     [ "goldbricking" ]

    2: To cheat; swindle.

     [ "goldbricking" ]

    1: One who is a practicing goldbricker; a cheap substitute; a fake; a poser. One who pretends to be something that they are not.

      * e.g.,  ... ". . .get your phony goldbricking ass out of my quiet beach community." -Malibu Chief (also from "The Big Lebowsky" 1998) 

     [ "goldbricker" ]

    1: noun. A person who always has a better story to tell.

      * e.g.,  ... Joey is such a goldbricker. I told him about the time I found $100 on the sidewalk and he said he once found $500. 

     [ "Goldbrick" ]

    1: A sad nerd or wimpy person.

      * e.g.,  ... John is such a sad goldbrick! 

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