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brickmaking

American  
[brik-mey-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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They also paid for a brickmaking business with about 370 workers, an anti-malaria project and a series of gardens to preserve rare plants that were being destroyed by activity at the mine.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2021

Members of brickmaking families said school closures — scheduled to last at least until December — have led to many children and adolescents working longer hours.

From Seattle Times Oct. 15, 2020

The agency started a masonry class, but fighters intercepted its brickmaking materials.

From Washington Post Nov. 10, 2017

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

My father, however, had to be up very early, as brickmaking in those days was very hard work.

From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.

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