goldbrick
English
noun
Definitions
- Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
- (US) A shirker or malingerer.
- (US) A swindler.
Etymology
Compound from English gold (pyrolyse food to a golden brown) + English brick.
Origin
English
brick
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bricktop English
- Bricktown English
- Gold Star English
- Goldie English
- antigold English
- begold English
- biobrick English
- brick English
- brickbat English
- brickclay English
- brickdust English
- bricken English
- bricker English
- brickery English
- brickette English
- brickfield English
- brickfilm English
- brickhead English
- brickie English
- brickish English
- brickkiln English
- bricklayer English
- bricklaying English
- brickless English
- bricklike English
- brickmaker English
- brickmaking English
- brickman English
- brickmold English
- brickmould English
- brickpack English
- brickscape English
- brickshaped English
- brickstamp English
- brickwise English
- brickwork English
- brickworks English
- bricky English
- brickyard English
- debrick English
- digold English
- e-gold English
- eka-gold English
- firebrick English
- fluorogold English
- gilden English
- gold English
- gold star English
- gold-beater English
- gold-bronze English
- goldback English
- goldbeater English
- goldbeating English
- goldbricker English
- goldcrest English
- goldcup English
- golden English
- goldeye English
- goldfield English
- goldfinch English
- goldfish English
- goldhammer English
- goldie English
- golding English
- goldish English
- goldless English
- goldlike English
- goldlip English
- goldly English
- goldminer English
- goldmohur English
- goldness English
- goldrush English
- goldseed English
- goldsmith English
- goldsmithing English
- goldsmithy English
- goldtail English
- goldthread English
- goldtone English
- goldware English
- goldwork English
- goldy English
- immunogold English
- mudbrick English
- nanobrick English
- nanogold English
- nongold English
- organogold English
- phytobrick English
- potable gold English
- radiogold English
- rebrick English
- redbrick English
- supergold English
- tetragold English
- tetraxenonogold English
- trigold English
- unbrick English
- ungold English
- brique French
- brik Middle English
- gold Middle English
- gold Cebuano
- bric Welsh
- brique Norman
- igolide Zulu
- gold Volapük
- goldin Volapük
- igolide Xhosa
- gol Tok Pisin
- koura Maori
- gwal Hausa
- biriky Malagasy
- ゴーブレーキ Okinawan
- goridhe Shona
- golide Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- igolide North Ndebele
- gold
- goldy
- brick
- golden
- ungold
- bricky
- goldly
- e-gold
- digold
- Goldie
- goldie
- begold
- gilden
- bricker
- goldish
- golding
- rebrick
- goldeye
- goldlip
- unbrick
- trigold
- nongold
- goldcup
- bricken
- debrick
- brickie
- redbrick
- goldback
- nanogold
- biobrick
- goldlike
- goldtone
- goldness
- eka-gold
- antigold
- brickish
- goldrush
- brickery
- goldless
- goldseed
- goldwork
- Bricktop
- goldtail
- mudbrick
- brickbat
- goldware
- brickman
- goldfish
- bricklike
- Gold Star
- brickhead
- brickkiln
- Bricktown
- gold star
- brickwise
- brickdust
- radiogold
- brickless
- nanobrick
- supergold
- goldsmith
- brickclay
- brickwork
- firebrick
- goldmohur
- goldfield
- brickette
- brickpack
- goldfinch
- goldcrest
- brickfilm
- goldminer
- brickyard
- brickmold
- tetragold
- phytobrick
- goldsmithy
- organogold
- goldthread
- brickfield
- brickmaker
- fluorogold
- immunogold
- bricklayer
- goldhammer
- brickworks
- brickstamp
- brickmould
- goldbeater
- brickscape
- goldbricker
- brickshaped
- gold-beater
- goldbeating
- brickmaking
- bricklaying
- gold-bronze
- goldsmithing
- potable gold
- tetraxenonogold