goldbrick

Noun
  1. A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort (synset 110155666)
    is a type of:
    • shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
    • soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
  2. An idle worthless person (synset 110155473)
    is a type of: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer - person who does no work
    same as: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
  3. A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not (synset 103449201)
    is a type of: block, cube - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
  4. Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless (synset 100755316)
    domain usage: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    is a type of: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Verb
  1. Deprive of by deceit (synset 202578034)
    "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
    is a type of: cheat, chisel, rip off - deprive somebody of something by deceit
    subtypes: short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
    same as: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
  2. Avoid (one's assigned duties) (synset 202469127)
    "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
    is a type of: avoid - refrain from doing something
    subtypes:
    • scrimshank - British military language: avoid work
    • malinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
    • slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
    same as: fiddle, shirk, shrink from

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