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

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

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

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

But then Deb's face was not heavy and bricky, with prominent cheek-bones, and a forehead four inches high.

From Sisters by Cambridge, Ada

“Those bricky towers, The which on Themme’s brode aged back do ride, Where now the studious lawyers have their bowers; There whilom wont the Templer Knights to bide, Till they decayed thro’ pride.”

From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.

Her bricky teeth flung far and wide, On virgin fields my London browses, The amaranthine plains are pied With nutty little bijou houses.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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

From Judy of York Hill by Bennett, Ethel Hume

Of course, you are the brickiest kind of brick.

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

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

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