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Noun: goldbricking 'gówld,bri-king Usage: N. Amer, informal
- The evasion of work or duty
- shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off [N. Amer, informal] Verb: goldbrick 'gówld,brik Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Deprive of by deceit
"He goldbricked me out of my inheritance"; - victimize, swindle, rook, nobble [Brit, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer, informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal] - Avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier goldbricked his duties"; - fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Type of: avoid, cheat, chisel [informal], dodging, escape, evasion, rip off [informal] Encyclopedia: Goldbricking Goldbrick |