Gold-brick

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of goldbrick. alt-of, alternative, attributive, usually

    "Pomposity of style is confined to sellers of spurious goods, whether gold-bricks, medicines, or scholarships."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of goldbrick. alt-of, alternative

    "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."

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goldbrickerabandonboiler roombucket shopbumbunco

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