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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goldbrick
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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The San Diego State football team, idle over the weekend, has had two weeks to prepare for this weekend’s nonconference game against Cal.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Avoid excessive idling and do not top off when refueling motor vehicles.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Goldbrick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbrick. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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