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brickmaking

American  
[brik-may-king] / ˈbrɪkˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or occupation of making bricks.


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Etymology

Origin of brickmaking

First recorded in 1695–1705; brick + making


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Children do every step of the brickmaking process.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2022

Children are doing every step of the brickmaking process.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

It’s where coal dust was first added to the clay mixture in 1815, which halved burning time in the kilns, and where Richard A. Ver Valen invented the first automatic brickmaking machine in 1852.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2021

She read about brickmaking and the Este family’s patronage of the arts, and she read Leon Battista Alberti and Cennino Cennini’s treatises on painting.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2015

In the early days of the school I think my most trying experience was in the matter of brickmaking.

From Up from Slavery: an autobiography by Booker T. Washington

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