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Definition of goldbrick verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

goldbrick

verb

NAmE//ˈɡoʊldbrɪk//

[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they goldbrick

he / she / it goldbricks

past simple goldbricked

-ing form goldbricking

to be lazy and try to avoid work by pretending to be sick Some people are goldbricking on the job.

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