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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as in to bum
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If you’re bummed that Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is over, don’t worry.Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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Are you bummed that a J. Edgar-centric spinoff isn’t happening?Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
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In theory, that second outer star shouldn’t still be hanging around.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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While millions of Floridians living in the path of the storm were heeding urgent evacuation orders, a few holdouts were still hanging around the wreckage of the low-lying mobile home park.Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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The other end is no slacker either, featuring a pry bar that can open stubborn food tins, remove nails, and shatter glass in an emergency.New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
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The group’s sound moves intuitively through the expansive psychedelic slacker rock ethos of the Flaming Lips into pop-punk, hip-hop, and even electronic, all with alchemic cohesion.Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
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Under a different playoff format that earned New England a first-round bye that was extended further by an international break and after being idled for three weeks, the Revolution were eliminated from the playoffs on penalty kicks in their first game.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Note that all the HDD companies idled capacity during the downturn of the last couple of years.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Goldbrick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goldbrick. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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