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
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
Garroway fashioned a Navy ribbon bearing a small gold brick, and, with proper ceremony, awarded the ribbon to qualified officers.
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.
