Goldbricker

Alternative forms

• gold-bricker

Origin

goldbrick + -er

Full definition of goldbricker

Noun

1. (US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
• July 4, 2007, Samuel G. Freedman, So Much Paperwork, So Little Time to Teach, Before hearing the response from the Department of Education, it is worth making one point. Ms. Rabenau, Mr. Schneider and Mr. Knox offer no sense of being complainers or goldbrickers.

Synonyms

• goldbrick