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brickfield

American  
[brik-feeld] / ˈbrɪkˌfild /

noun

British.
  1. brickyard.


Etymology

Origin of brickfield

First recorded in 1795–1805; brick + field


Example Sentences

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She had gone on, she said in her note, to an aunt and uncle who had a brickfield near Horsham.

From The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

It was not a pleasant spot that brickfield, and seemed to have been thrust out far from the habitations of ordinary men.

From A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn

He found the owner of the brickfield an old man, as skilled in craft as Ulysses.

From Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson

“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 George Manville Fenn

And yet, poor, foolish child, fresh from the Egyptian brickfield, you could not rest satisfied.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

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