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| Shopping | The largest selection of GOLDBRICK products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
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| NOUN | 1 | goldbrick | A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort |
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| 2 | goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught | An idle worthless person | |
| 3 | goldbrick | A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not | |
| 4 | goldbrick | Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | |
| VERB | 1 | goldbrick, victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con | Deprive of by deceit |
| 2 | goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from | Avoid (one's assigned duties) |
| Meaning | A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort. |
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| Broader | slacker, shirker; soldier |
| Meaning | An idle worthless person. |
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| Synonyms | goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught |
| Broader | idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum |
| Meaning | A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not. |
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| Broader | block, cube |
| Meaning | Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. |
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| Broader | fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on |
| Meaning | Deprive of by deceit. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
| Synonyms | victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel |
| Narrower | short-change, short |
| Meaning | Avoid (one's assigned duties). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | fiddle, shirk, shrink from |
| Broader | avoid |
| Narrower | scrimshank; malinger, skulk; slack |
| Nouns | goldbricking |
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