单词 | brickman |
释义 | brickmann. A maker, seller, layer, or carter of bricks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of bricks or tiles > [noun] > brick-maker brickman1418 brickmaker1437 brick burnera1441 bricker1482 brick kilner1482 brickie1847 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > bricklayer brickman1418 brick-masonc1435 bricklayerc1442 bricker1482 troweller1611 trowel-mana1637 red mason1700 bricksetter1811 brickie1847 1418 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) viii. 142 Henry Sondergyltes, brykeman [employed..to make] bryktill [at Deptford]. 1444–6 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) II. 288 Paid to masons brikmen and laborers for owr Warkis. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 261/1 Some term this a Man Working, or making up a Brick Wall in Fesse. This is the Badge or Cognizance of a Brick-Man. 1728 J. Byrom Full Acct. Robbery Epping-Forest 3 Scarce had he spoken, when the Brickman's Wife Cry'd out, Good Lord! he's here, upon my Life. 1832 J. Dennis World turned Upside Down 5 Jem the potatoe-man, Jack the brick-man, [etc.]. 1910 Brick Jan. 83/2 (advt.) Brick man with ten years' experience in dry press and stiff-mud brick and tile. 1965 Daily Mail 3 May 11/8 Brickmen stay out... Nine hundred maintenance workers in the brickfields of Bedfordshire..decided yesterday to continue their six-week strike. 2000 M. Cadnum Bk. Lion xxvii. 140 All night the brickmen and the expert builders repaired the damage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1418 |
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