Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gold brick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: gold brick
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of goldbrick.

verb

Alternative form of goldbrick.

Example Sentences

"WHEN YOU do business with a man who is willing to sell himself, you musn't be surprised if you find that you have bought a gold brick."
"In addition, that place became a haven for some of our drunks and gold bricks."
"The funny thing is I never met a gold brick on the ship."
"In their minds, he was the ultimate “gold brick” and“smart ass”—and they were right."
"How do we know that the avouching unknown could not have been sold a gold brick?"
"Stupid, ignorant, unsuspicious, trusting, it did not take long for this suave promoter to "gold brick" the poor widow of her little insurance money and the little savings of years."

Inflected Forms

gold bricks (plural) gold bricks (present, singular) gold bricking (participle, present) gold bricked (participle, past) gold bricked (past)

Questions

What does gold brick mean?: Alternative form of goldbrick.

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