goldbrick

Primary Meanings of goldbrick

1.	n v	a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort avoid (one's assigned duties)
2.	n v	a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not deprive of by deceit

Full Definitions of goldbrick

1

n a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

Type of:: shirker, slacker
a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime); soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

n an idle worthless person

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

Type of:: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer
person who does no work

v avoid (one's assigned duties)

Synonyms:: fiddle, shirk, shrink from

Types:: scrimshank
British military language: avoid work; malinger, skulk
avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill; slack
avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

Type of:: avoid
refrain from doing something

2

n a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

Type of:: block, cube
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

n anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Type of:: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

v deprive of by deceit

Synonyms:: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize

Types:: short, short-change
cheat someone by not returning him enough money

Type of:: cheat, chisel, rip off
deprive somebody of something by deceit