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Gold-brick means (usually attributive) Alternative form of goldbrick..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(usually attributive) Alternative form of goldbrick..
Pomposity of style is confined to sellers of spurious goods, whether gold-bricks, medicines, or scholarships.
A species of swindle that has been perpetrated times without number all over this country is the old gold-brick game.
All of this costs money, but if we all determine to put our own shoulder to the wheel instead of seeing how we can gold-brick we can make Democracy work right here in our own state.
... great numbers of “happy employees who are extremely loyal to the organization because they can gold-brick, be apathetic, and be non-involved in worrying about the effectiveness of the company.”
No; any man is likely to be stronger than any institution—a GI can gold-brick the Pentagon.
Use gold-brick when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gold-brick means (usually attributive) Alternative form of goldbrick..
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Pomposity of style is confined to sellers of spurious goods, whether gold-bricks, medicines, or scholarships.
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