brickfield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brickfield
Example Sentences
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One agent sent me a day's journey to see a house standing in the middle of a brickfield, with a view of the Grand Junction Canal.
From They and I by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
At fifteen I was working in a brickfield.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
Gone were the days of vagabondage, the lazy, the delicious even though cold and hungry hours of dreaming and reading in the brickfield; gone was the happy freedom of the chartered libertine of the gutter.
From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John
Near the brickfield there is that immense windmill, for of course every town must have one.
From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán
“Hi! stop him, hi!” roared a score of voices which echoed through the brickfield, and men, women, and children came hurrying from all parts to take up the chase.
From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville
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