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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
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S:
(n)
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
ne'er-do-well
,
good-for-nothing
,
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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S:
(n)
goldbrick
(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)
domain usage
S:
(n)
trope
,
figure of speech
,
figure
,
image
(language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
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sister term
S:
(n)
fraud
,
fraudulence
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dupery
,
hoax
,
humbug
,
put-on
(something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
Verb
S:
(v)
victimize
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swindle
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rook
,
goldbrick
,
nobble
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diddle
,
bunco
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defraud
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scam
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mulct
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hornswoggle
,
short-change
,
con
(deprive of by deceit)
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
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derivationally related form
sentence frame
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"
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S:
(v)
avoid
(refrain from doing something)
"She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
[Applies to
goldbrick
] Somebody ----s