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Noun: goldbricking  'gówld`bri-king
Usage: N. Amer
  1. The evasion of work or duty
    - shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off [N. Amer]
Verb: goldbrick  'gówld`brik
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Deprive of by deceit
    "He goldbricked me out of my inheritance"
    - victimize, swindle, rook, nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer]
     
  2. Avoid (one's assigned duties)
    "The derelict soldier goldbricked his duties"
    - fiddle, shirk, shrink from

Type of: avoid, cheat, chisel, dodging, escape, evasion, rip off

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