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goldbrick: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless; a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not; an idle worthless person; a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

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slowpoke collapse

bucket shop collapse: (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket; an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm

sleepyhead collapse: a sleepy person

shirker collapse

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slacker collapse: a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

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malinger collapse: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

bungler collapse: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

lounger collapse: an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear

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dolittle collapse

plodder collapse: someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"; someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours

lallygag collapse

putterer collapse: a person who putters about

boiler room collapse

malingerer collapse: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

clock watcher collapse: a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

shell game collapse: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

dawdler collapse: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

shirk collapse: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

lingerer collapse

loiterer collapse: someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place

sluggard collapse: an idle slothful person

slip out of collapse

lotus eater collapse

snail collapse: freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell; gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"

laze collapse

trifler collapse: one who behaves lightly or not seriously

thimblerig collapse

mope collapse: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed; move around slowly and aimlessly

let be collapse

lubber collapse

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

omit collapse

truant collapse: one who is absent from school without permission; absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

procrastinate collapse: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"; postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

loaf collapse

get out of collapse

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