Main entry: goldbrick
Definition: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Main entry: goldbrick
Definition: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Main entry: goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
Definition: an idle worthless person
Main entry: goldbrick
Definition: a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Main entry: goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Definition: avoid (one's assigned duties)
Usage: The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Main entry: hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
Definition: deprive of by deceit
Usage: 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