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单词 goldbrick
释义 goldbrick
 /gohld"brik'/,  n.  
  1.  Informal.   a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
  2.  Informal.   anything supposed to be valuable but which turns out to be worthless.
  3. Also, goldbricker. Slang. a person, esp. a soldier, who shirks responsibility or performs duties without proper effort or care.
 Slang. v.i.
  4. to shirk responsibility or perform halfheartedly; loaf.
  v.t.  
  5. to swindle; cheat.
 [1850-55, Amer.; GOLD + BRICK]
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