gold brick
Example Sentences
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In lectures he accused Matisse of “charlatanry” and the sale of Futurist paintings as “a gold brick swindle.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Their Yellow Brick Road was paved with gold brick.
From Time • Sep. 17, 2013
Garroway fashioned a Navy ribbon bearing a small gold brick, and, with proper ceremony, awarded the ribbon to qualified officers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A syndicate of men successful enough to know a real gold brick when they see one�including onetime Ambassador to Turkey Henry Morgenthau�had bought Inventor Josepho's device.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he let it go down the narrow gold brick path, the arrow left behind a shimmering trail.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
