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goldbricker

noun

Etymology

From goldbrick + -er.

  1. derived from *brekan✻ — “to break”
  2. derived from bricke
  3. inherited from brik
  4. compounded as goldbrick — “gold + brick”
  5. suffixed as goldbricker — “goldbrick + er”

Definitions

  1. A lazy person

    A lazy person; an idler.

    • Before hearing the response from the Department of Education, it is worth making one point. Ms. Rabenau, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Knox offer no sense of being complainers or goldbrickers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA