Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
gold-brick en · NOUN
Meanings
-
(alt-of, alternative, attributive, usually) Alternative form of goldbrick.
Pomposity of style is confined to sellers of spurious goods, whether gold-bricks, medicines, or scholarships.
1811, H. W. Hammond, Style-book of business English, page 6:A species of swindle that has been perpetrated times without number all over this country is the old gold-brick game.
1906, Harry Houdini, The Right Way to Do Wrong, page 72:
Forms
gold-brick en · VERB
Meanings
-
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of goldbrick.
... great numbers of “happy employees who are extremely loyal to the organization because they can gold-brick, be apathetic, and be non-involved in worrying about the effectiveness of the company.”
1965, Samuel Feinberg, How Do You Manage?, page 36:All of this costs money, but if we all determine to put our own shoulder to the wheel instead of seeing how we can gold-brick we can make Democracy work right here in our own state.
1944, Minnesota PTA Bulletin - Volume 20, Issue 4:No; any man is likely to be stronger than any institution—a GI can gold-brick the Pentagon.
1966, Paul Goodman, Five years, page 197:
Forms