gold-brick
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2ADJ.
apathetic, old
GOLD-BRICK + NOUN
pentagon
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noun
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.
verb
Alternative form of goldbrick.
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.”
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5Pomposity of style is confined to sellers of spurious goods, whether gold-bricks, medicines, or scholarships.
WiktionaryA species of swindle that has been perpetrated times without number all over this country is the old gold-brick game.
WiktionaryAll 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.
Wiktionary... 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.”
WiktionaryNo; any man is likely to be stronger than any institution—a GI can gold-brick the Pentagon.
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