brickien.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪki/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪki/

Forms: see brick n.¹ and -y suffix⁶.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier bricker n. and also brickmaker n., bricklayer n., and bricksetter n.

colloquial.

A brickmaker or (now more frequently) bricklayer.In quot. 1847 possibly: an inhabitant of the Brickfields area of Sydney, where bricks were made (cf. brickfielder n.).

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

1847 Port Phillip Gaz. (Melbourne) 10 Mar. A most disgraceful occurance [sic] took place at the Brickfields on Friday last. It appears the Brickies had all..commenced fighting.

1853 Standard 16 Sept. Good luck to the brickies (meaning brickmakers).

1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 133 The occupations of the people are chiefly..dustmen, brickies, sweeps.

1964 Economist 19 Dec. 1363/1 Something to help the brickie with corners.

1992 Prediction May 9/1 Anyone in the building trade, from architect to humble bricky.

2008 Express (Scotland) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 72 Skilled tradesmen—brickies, a stonemason, plasterer and roughcaster—have been involved.

Compounds

brickie's labourer n. a person who works as an assistant to a brickmaker or (now more frequently) bricklayer.

ΚΠ

1898 Tasmanian Democrat 6 May 1/8 [Seamen] are liable to be called on to hump cargo all day, while brickies' laborers stroll past in their best togs.

1963 A. Sillitoe in London Mag. Sept. 23 ‘You're a brickie, then?’ ‘Brickie's labourer... I mek good money, though.’

2003 A. Gray Ends of our Tethers 67 I went straight into the family business and learned it from the bottom up, working as a brickie's labourer for a couple of months.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brickie
释义	brickien. Brit. /ˈbrɪki/, U.S. /ˈbrɪki/ Forms: see brick n.¹ and -y suffix⁶. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brick n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < brick n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier bricker n. and also brickmaker n., bricklayer n., and bricksetter n. colloquial. A brickmaker or (now more frequently) bricklayer.In quot. 1847 possibly: an inhabitant of the Brickfields area of Sydney, where bricks were made (cf. brickfielder n.). 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 1847 Port Phillip Gaz. (Melbourne) 10 Mar. A most disgraceful occurance [sic] took place at the Brickfields on Friday last. It appears the Brickies had all..commenced fighting. 1853 Standard 16 Sept. Good luck to the brickies (meaning brickmakers). 1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 133 The occupations of the people are chiefly..dustmen, brickies, sweeps. 1964 Economist 19 Dec. 1363/1 Something to help the brickie with corners. 1992 Prediction May 9/1 Anyone in the building trade, from architect to humble bricky. 2008 Express (Scotland) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 72 Skilled tradesmen—brickies, a stonemason, plasterer and roughcaster—have been involved. Compounds brickie's labourer n. a person who works as an assistant to a brickmaker or (now more frequently) bricklayer. ΚΠ 1898 Tasmanian Democrat 6 May 1/8 [Seamen] are liable to be called on to hump cargo all day, while brickies' laborers stroll past in their best togs. 1963 A. Sillitoe in London Mag. Sept. 23 ‘You're a brickie, then?’ ‘Brickie's labourer... I mek good money, though.’ 2003 A. Gray Ends of our Tethers 67 I went straight into the family business and learned it from the bottom up, working as a brickie's labourer for a couple of months. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847
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