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brickish

adj — 2 senses

brickish

adj

Etymology From brick + -ish.

1

Resembling or characteristic of brick.

  • One moment his shoulders and his head stood plain in every detail, even to the brickish redness of his skin and the curve of his fingers about the glasses; the next he was gone.1922, Bertrand W. Sinclair, The Hidden Places:
  • "Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red.1909, Various, The Lock And Key Library:
2

UK, Dated, Slang Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.

  • "It's awfully brickish of you, Worcester," said Acton, as Grim was heard trotting up the corridor "to stand down."1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud:

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