goldbricker
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[edit]goldbricker (plural goldbrickers)
- (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.