goldbrick
goldbrick
nounDefinition of GOLDBRICK
one who deliberately avoids work or duty <the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food>
Related Words malingerer; dropout, quitter; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, lounger, saunterer; dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke
Near Antonyms live wire, pistol, powerhouse; doer, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter
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