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gold brick
noun
- something with only a superficial appearance of value
- slang.an idler or shirker
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He was run out of a Texas town for trying to sell a rock painted yellow as a gold brick.
Mr. Flora: Yes; if you have had many dealings with working people you will know that they are always afraid of a "gold brick."
In The Gold Brick he describes a municipal campaign, as seen from the point of view of the newspaper office.
How do we know that the avouching unknown could not have been sold a gold brick?
"It was what I was thinkin' of—gold brick," the Cap'n went on.
The contents seemed unreal; but for the clear description of the Gold Brick he would not have given it credence.
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