gold brick
noun[C]
FINANCEukus→gold bar
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gold brick
The public will be left with the most monumentalgoldbrick, in the shape of these unsaleable industries.
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You might buy yourself agoldbrickout of what's left and not be much poorer.
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If they are as simple-minded as that, they will fall for thegoldbrickstory next.
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If somebody offered someone else agoldbrickfor 50p, he would do well to investigate it and look at it closely.
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It reminds me of the story of the man who tried to sell a phoneygoldbrick.
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The dear old colonel--what agoldbrickhe was, after all!
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He told grandfather a long story about agoldbrick, and grandfather was so charmed with him he asked him down at once for the week-end.
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It isgoldbrickgambling.
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An older man, he stole $200,000,000 worth of gold bricks in a heist that resulted in five deaths, and hid the loot at an unknown location.
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