brickie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Although Bob had the surprise factor, I don’t think the band or their fans thought they could be challenged by a cartoon brickie.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2018
Born in Battersea, south London, Spall trained at the National Youth Theatre and Rada before finding fame on TV as the lovable, awkward brickie Barry in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
From BBC • May 25, 2014
Indeed, if there was a tragic aspect of his rise through the amateur boxing ranks it was that London's beleaguered construction game was denied a world-class brickie.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2013
He was a brickie and lives in the West End.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2013
She's typecast in a way – the rising star with brickie mates.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013
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