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Goldbrick

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good-for-nothingnounA person of little worth or usefulness.
goof-offnoun(US, informal) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.
good-for-naughtnoun(archaic) Synonym of good-for-nothing.

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goof-offnoun(US, informal) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.
good-for-nothingnounA person of little worth or usefulness.
good-for-naughtnoun(archaic) Synonym of good-for-nothing.
shirkverb(transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
scamnounA fraudulent deal.
swindlenounAn instance of swindling.
fakenounSomething which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
racketnoun(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
sellverb(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
tricknounSomething designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
bogusCounterfeit or fake; not genuine.
fool's goldnounA mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold; mainly iron pyrite.
haveverb(transitive) To possess, own.
fraudnoun(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
brickingnoun(law) A type of return fraud in which a working electronic item is purchased, then deliberately damaged or stripped of valuable components in order to render it unusable, and then returned to the merchant for a refund as a profit.
talenounA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
rampnounAn inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
shlenternounA scam, ploy, fraud, trick.
hoaxnounAnything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
bilknoun(cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

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