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Goldbricking
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Goldbricking
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US informal
to avoid performing work or duties; shirk
The soldiers goldbricked through drills.
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Goldbricking
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1. Informal
a worthless metal bar gilded and sold as solid gold in a swindle
2. Informal
anything worthless passed off as genuine or valuable
3. Slang Mil
a person who tries to avoid work; shirker; loafer
: also ˈgoldˌbricker verb intransitive
4. Slang Mil
to shirk a duty or avoid work; loaf
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Goldbricking
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A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.
v. gold·bricked, gold·brick·ing, gold·bricks
v.intr.
To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.
v.tr.
To cheat; swindle.
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