Experience is the biggest gold brick in the world. All older people have it for sale.
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Goldbrick
Synonyms for "goldbrick" (158 found)
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eye-servantfaineantfoot-draggergentleman of leisureget out ofgoldbrickergoof offgoof-offidleidlerignorerjumplaggardlallygaglazelazyleaveleave loose endsleave undonelet alone
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Noun(11 words)
lubbermalingermalingerermissmopemoperneglecternegligentnot pull fairold soldieromitpass overpass upplodderpottererpretermitprocrastinateprocrastinatorputterershell game
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shirkshirkerskin gameskipskulkskulkerslackslackersleepyheadslide out ofslinkerslip out ofslouchsloucherslovenslow goerslow-footslowbellyslowpokeslugsluggardslutsnailsneak out ofsoldierspivstick-in-the-mudtax dodgerthimblerigthimbleriggingtime killertime wastertortoisetrifletriflertruantwaiter on providencewelshwelsher
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12 entriesCollocations
13 entriesdawdlinggoldbrick assignmentgoldbrick behaviorgoldbrick employeegoldbrick jobgoldbrick policygoldbrick projectgoldbrick proposalgoldbrick schemejob shirkingloafingmalingeringwork avoidance
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9 total sentences available.
These, as a rule, were not adverse to buying a goldbrick as long as they knew that there was a chance for them to dump it on somebody else afterwards with some profit.
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To-day, American attitude toward Europe is comparable to that of the country greenhorn who, having bought a goldbrick on Broadway, now fills the air not merely with the denunciation of the sharpers who tricked his credulity — […]
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The average farmer may be less of a victim than some other people by reason of his isolation, conservatism, and hard earned money, but he, too, has too often bought a goldbrick that did not materialize.
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