Hyphenation of goldbrick

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word goldbrick? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of goldbrick:

1.	A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
2.	An idle worthless person
3.	A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
4.	Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
5.	Deprive of by deceit He swindled me out of my inheritance She defrauded the customers who trusted her The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
6.	Avoid (one's assigned duties) The derelict soldier shirked his duties

Synonyms of goldbrick:

noun	soldier, slacker, shirker
noun	goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
noun	block, cube
noun	fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
verb	victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con, cheat, rip off, chisel
verb	fiddle, shirk, shrink from, avoid

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