as in shirker
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food
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Verb
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That’s what was bumming him out.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025 -
To be this close over and over is really bumming me out.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Legacy found a way to hang around.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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If you’re tempted, act fast because Amazon prices like this usually won't hang around.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But now, several hundred workers who were out over the water, working to get it up and running, have been idled.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
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On the runway, planes sat with engines idling, ground crews making final preparations as if departures could come at any moment — all as the courtroom battle played out hundreds of miles away in Washington.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Goldbrick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbrick. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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