bricky

American  

[brik-ee] / ˈbrɪk i /

adjective

brickier, brickiest

1. constructed of, made of, or resembling bricks.

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bricky British  

/ ˈbrɪkɪ /

adjective

1. made of bricks, or like a brick

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noun

1. a variant spelling of brickie

Etymology

Origin of bricky

First recorded in 1590–1600; brick + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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bricky brickiest

"Look at these spaces," says chief designer Simeon Bruner, marveling at the hulking, bricky, fortress-of-industry buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at the round things about the sun in the bricky Claude, the smallest of the three Seaports in the National Gallery.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

His face was a dark, bricky red, deeply creased rather than wrinkled, and the skin was like loose leather over his neck band—he wore a brass collar button but no collar.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert

"One is an ugly bricky red," persists Gertrude, "and no one would call the other red at all."

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

A dull, bricky flush crept under his skin.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

You're the dearest of little sisters, the brickiest of bricks!

From Bessie Bradford's Prize by Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe)

Of course, you are the brickiest kind of brick.

From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret

Judy, you are the brickiest brick, and the trumpest trump!

From Judy of York Hill by Bennett, Ethel Hume