as in shirker
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food
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Verb
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That’s what was bumming him out.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025 -
To be this close over and over is really bumming me out.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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All the fair-weather friends who hung around her business are gone, and her kids and grandkids have floated away.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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All the fair-weather friends who hung around her business are gone, and her kids and grandkids have floated away.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But use it to identify slackers, not cap the rockstars who didn’t need it anyway.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For example, students in Australia led a successful initiative to improve air quality around their schools by having parents cut down on engine idling time.—
Ana Santos Rutschman,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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When a motivated consumer still feels unconvinced, the market is idling in the wrong gear.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Goldbrick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbrick. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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