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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
soldier
(an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
"the soldiers stood at attention"
S:
(n)
slacker
,
shirker
(a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
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full hyponym
domain category
S:
(n)
military
,
armed forces
,
armed services
,
military machine
,
war machine
(the military forces of a nation)
"their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
idler
,
loafer
,
do-nothing
,
layabout
,
bum
(person who does no work)
"a lazy bum"
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
goldbrick
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goof-off
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ne'er-do-well
,
good-for-nothing
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no-account
,
good-for-naught
(an idle worthless person)
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)
Verb
S:
(v)
victimize
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swindle
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rook
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goldbrick
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nobble
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diddle
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bunco
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defraud
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scam
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mulct
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hornswoggle
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short-change
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con
(deprive of by deceit)
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
S:
(v)
fiddle
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shirk
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shrink from
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goldbrick
(avoid (one's assigned duties))
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"