1A thing that looks valuable but is in fact worthless.

1. 1.1A con man.
   ‘In such small communities, thieves, liars, and goldbrickers could easily be identified.’
   More example sentences

   • ‘He'd catch up to the goldbrickers in a moment, he just needed to rest.’
2. 1.2A lazy person.
   as modifier ‘hardworking Amos and goldbrick Andy’
   More example sentences

   • ‘We finished the pen around the time those two goldbrickers returned from their joyride.’

1Invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk.

1. 1.1with object Swindle (someone).
   Synonyms

   swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull