stick-built

[ stik-bilt ]
/ ˈstɪkˌbɪlt /

adjective (of a house or other structure)

built piece-by-piece at the construction site, as opposed to factory-built.

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Origin of stick-built

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby stick-built

stick together, stick up, stick up for, stick with, stick-at-it-ive, stick-built, stick-in-the-mud, stick-on, stick-to-it-ive, stick-up, stickball
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