bricklayer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scappaticci was raised in the Irish republican stronghold of west Belfast where he would find work as a bricklayer.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Naveed, who has worked as a bricklayer, became involved in conservative Islamic circles in Sydney.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Either of those distances pales in comparison to the distance Langer has come from his youth in tiny Anhausen, Germany, a farming village where his father was a bricklayer and motorcycle courier.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025
Apprentice bricklayer Joe had only passed his test five months before the collision.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
The bricklayer turned around to survey the plump but dapper dude from the East.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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