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Definitions for: Goldbrick
[n] anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
[n] a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
[n] an idle worthless person
[n] a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
[v] avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
[v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, gyp, mulct, ne'er-do-well, nobble, rook, scam, shirk, shrink from, swindle, victimize
See Also: avoid, beat, block, bum, cheat, chisel, cube, do-nothing, dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, idler, layabout, loafer, malinger, put-on, rip off, scrimshank, shirker, short, short-change, skulk, slack, slacker, soldier
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