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

The edifice, although quaint, and rather poor-looking at first sight, owing to its bricky complexion, will bear close examination; indeed, the more you look at it and the better you become reconciled to its proportions.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

A dull, bricky flush crept under his skin.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

His face was a dark, bricky red, deeply creased rather than wrinkled, and the skin was like loose leather over his neck band—he wore a brass collar button but no collar.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert

A battered cap, tipped rakishly over one ear, topped a mat of curly red hair of the peculiar bricky hue that hisses a sibilant Celtic brogue in whilom wind-stirrings.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

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)

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

From Judy of York Hill by Bennett, Ethel Hume