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goldbricks

goldbricks is the plural of goldbrick.

goldbricks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goldbrick.

Meaning of goldbrick

Noun

goldbrick (plural goldbricks)

  1. Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
    • Experience is the biggest gold brick in the world. All older people have it for sale.1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Smart Set, January 1920, collected in Tales of the Jazz Age
  2. (US, dated, slang) A shirker or malingerer.
    • Mac, there’s not a confounded thing wrong with you. You are an excellent physical specimen and in good health. You’re nothing but a goldbrick. Now, get your butt out of here and don’t ever come back again unless you’re really sick or need an immunization.1945, Dr. Charley Haly, quoted in Doc: heroic stories of medics, corpsmen, and surgeons in combat by Mark R. Littleton, p. 68
    Synonyms:
    goldbricker
  3. (US, dated, slang) A swindler.
    Synonyms:
    goldbricker

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Questions about goldbricks

What is goldbricks the plural of?
Goldbricks is the plural of goldbrick.

Words near goldbricks in the dictionary

  1. goldbrick
  2. goldbricked
  3. goldbricker
  4. goldbrickers
  5. goldbricking
  6. goldbricks
  7. goldbug
  8. goldbugs
  9. goldcraft
  10. goldcrest
  11. goldcrests

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