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

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

Encyclopedia: Goldbricking

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