bricky

English

Etymology

brick +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

bricky (comparative brickier, superlative brickiest)

  1. Covered with brick.
  2. Similar to brick in texture, colour, shape, etc.
    • 1989, James Woodress, Willa Cather: A Literary Life, page 55:
      His face was a dark, bricky red, deeply creased rather than wrinkled, and the skin was like loose leather over his neckband […]

Noun

bricky (plural brickies)

  1. (slang) A bricklayer.

Synonyms
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