goldbricker

English

Alternative forms

  • gold-bricker

Etymology

From goldbrick +‎ -er.

Noun

goldbricker (plural goldbrickers)

  1. (US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
    • 2007 July 4, Samuel G. Freedman, “So Much Paperwork, So Little Time to Teach”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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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