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goldbrick

English

  1. 🔊 anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
  2. 🔊 a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
  3. 🔊 an idle worthless person
  4. 🔊 a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
  5. 🔊 avoid (one's assigned duties)
    “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
  6. 🔊 deprive of by deceit
    “He swindled me out of my inheritance”

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