GOLDBRICK

goldbrick

(noun) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

goldbrick

(noun) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught

(noun) an idle worthless person

goldbrick

(noun) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

(verb) avoid (one’s assigned duties); “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con

(verb) deprive of by deceit; “He swindled me out of my inheritance”; “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”;

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

goldbrick (plural goldbricks)

Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.

(US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.

(US slang, dated) A swindler.

Verb

goldbrick (third-person singular simple present goldbricks, present participle goldbricking, simple past and past participle goldbricked)

(US slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.

(US slang, dated) To swindle.

Source: Wiktionary

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