bricks and clicks
noun
a combination of traditional business carried out on physical premises and internet trading
adjective bricks-and-clicks
combining traditional business carried out on physical premises and internet tradingbricks-and-clicks companies
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Word Origin for bricks and clicks
C20: from bricks and mortar and click, meaning an act of pressing and releasing a computer mouse button
Words nearby bricks and clicks
bricklaying, brickle, brickmaking, Brickner's position, brick red, bricks and clicks, bricks and mortar, bricks shy of a load, bricktop, brick veneer, brickwork
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