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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Gold brick historic definition...
Gold brick -- A colloquial term or synonym for swindle.
The term is derived from the fraudulent operation in which a
brick or bar of base metal covered with gold is sold as a
brick or bar that is all gold. The expression "buying a gold
brick" means buying something at a supposedly low price
which as a fact is worthless.
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