goldbrick

nouns

a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
goldbrick
is a type of (narrower)
a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
shirker, slacker
is a type of (narrower)
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
"the soldiers stood at attention"
soldier
an idle worthless person
goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
goldbrick
is a type of (narrower)
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
block, cube
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
goldbrick
domain usage
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
figure, figure of speech, image, trope
is a type of (narrower)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on

verbs

deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from
is derived from
goldbricking