goldbricker

English

Alternative forms

• gold-bricker

Etymology

goldbrick +‎ -er

Noun

goldbricker (plural goldbrickers)

1. (US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
   • 2007 July 4, Samuel G. Freedman, “So Much Paperwork, So Little Time to Teach”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Before hearing the response from the Department of Education, it is worth making one point. Ms. Rabenau, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Knox offer no sense of being complainers or goldbrickers.

Synonyms

• goldbrick