gold brick

He was run out of a Texas town for trying to sell a rock painted yellow as a gold brick.

Mr. Flora: Yes; if you have had many dealings with working people you will know that they are always afraid of a "gold brick."

In The Gold Brick he describes a municipal campaign, as seen from the point of view of the newspaper office.

How do we know that the avouching unknown could not have been sold a gold brick?

"It was what I was thinkin' of—gold brick," the Cap'n went on.

The contents seemed unreal; but for the clear description of the Gold Brick he would not have given it credence.