goldbrick

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Work details at Cardigan are voluntary; goldbricks who shirk them get a cold shoulder from their buddies, but no other punishment.

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Front-line soldiers have long argued that the Army could stop worrying about its manpower reserves if it just cashed in a few of its rear-echelon goldbricks.

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There is the blunt, slangy, kindly matron who wants to marry everyone off; the professional matchmaker, with his human goldbricks and his spiel; the absurdly natty, paunchy, rich upstart.

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There are camp followers, goldbricks and, for a touch of sentimental local color from the blitz-days, some village home guards fumbling earnestly with their simulated weapons.

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