goldbrick

English - Turkish

Definition of goldbrick in English Turkish dictionary: {f} kaytarmak, işten kaçmak; işini üstünkörü yapmak; kendi işini başkalarına bırakmak; (deyim) tembel

English - English

Definition of goldbrick in English English dictionary: A shirker or malingerer; A swindler; A gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; also used figuratively
that if he bought a goldbrick from Podhoretz for $25,000, he ought to pay me more than the $5,000 a volume that had been agreed on for the pure gold.; To shirk or malinger; To swindle; {i} worthless brick made to appear as though it were made of gold; something which is worth little yet has the appearance of value; slacker, lazy person, one who avoids work (Military Slang); a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort; An ingot of gold; anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not an idle worthless person a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort; an idle worthless person; someone who stays away from their work, especially by pretending that they are ill (From a trick in which a brick is sold by pretending it is made of gold); a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not; deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"; anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless; avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
goldbricks: plural of goldbrick