bricklayer

/ (ˈbrɪkˌleɪə) /

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noun

a person trained or skilled in laying bricks

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Words nearby bricklayer

brickearth, brickfield, brickie, bricking, brickkiln, bricklayer, bricklaying, brickle, brickmaking, brick red, bricks and clicks

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How to use bricklayer in a sentence

Wearing a plaid shirt, the stocky singer looked like a bricklayer playing an open mic at a bar.
I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks.|David Masciotra|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not the least important part of the bricklayer's art is the formation of chimney and other flues.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
The work of laying bricks or tiles as paving falls to the lot of the bricklayer.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Two-and-Two was a bricklayer, a good beginning for a construction man.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

The energetic bricklayer told of the recent convert, and the Arlington Hall meeting.
Mountain|Clement Wood
What moves one is that he has gone out to find work as if he had been born a bricklayer.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim|Frances Hodgson Burnett