as in shirkers
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food
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Noun
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At least three of the drones were shot down, Warsaw said, with Polish F-16 and Dutch F-35 fighter jets scrambled to respond.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Just as Riyadh turned to Beijing for ballistic missiles that no Western country would sell it, many GCC states did the same when China agreed to sell armed drones when the United States wouldn’t.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 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
Noun
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Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Goldbricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbricks. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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