Bricklayer
['brɪkleɪə] or ['brɪkleɚ]
Definition
(n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.
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Examples
- In consequence, he took me to walk with him, and see joiners, bricklayers, turners, braziers, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His father took him to visit the shops of j oiners, bricklayers, turners, braziers, cutlers, and other artisans, thus st imulating in him a delight in handicraft. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No species of skilled labour, however, seems more easy to learn than that of masons and bricklayers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Chairmen in London, during the summer season, are said sometimes to be employed as bricklayers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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