bricky

American  

[brik-ee] / ˈbrɪk i /

adjective

brickier, brickiest

1. constructed of, made of, or resembling bricks.

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bricky British  

/ ˈbrɪkɪ /

adjective

1. made of bricks, or like a brick

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noun

1. a variant spelling of brickie

Etymology

Origin of bricky

First recorded in 1590–1600; brick + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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bricky brickiest

"Look at these spaces," says chief designer Simeon Bruner, marveling at the hulking, bricky, fortress-of-industry buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at the round things about the sun in the bricky Claude, the smallest of the three Seaports in the National Gallery.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by John Ruskin

‘It’s awfully bricky of you,’ she said warmly; ‘I’ve never done up my own frock before, and this one was so complicated, somehow.’

From The Youngest Girl in the School by Evelyn Sharp

"One is an ugly bricky red," persists Gertrude, "and no one would call the other red at all."

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas

It really looked quite neat and attractive, and not too formally bricky, as so much cement showed.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton

You're the dearest of little sisters, the brickiest of bricks!

From Bessie Bradford's Prize by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

Of course, you are the brickiest kind of brick.

From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Margaret Penrose

Judy, you are the brickiest brick, and the trumpest trump!

From Judy of York Hill by Ethel Hume Bennett

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