Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Built with brick: as, “the brick-built town,”
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Examples
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If you found a good one you could simply leave him there for years to fester and mildew, like an old brick-built barbecue.
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This neighborhood is a Brooklyn anomaly: roughly four streets by three avenues of colonial style and size mansions plopped down between Flatbush and Prospect Park, at the apex of Southern Brooklyn before entering the long stretch of brick-built, Orthodox Jewish-dominated neighborhoods that spread to the feet of Coney Island.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
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Fragile, temporary structures are far more vulnerable than permanent brick-built homes.
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This neighborhood is a Brooklyn anomaly: roughly four streets by three avenues of colonial style and size mansions plopped down between Flatbush and Prospect Park, at the apex of Southern Brooklyn before entering the long stretch of brick-built, Orthodox Jewish-dominated neighborhoods that spread to the feet of Coney Island.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
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This neighborhood is a Brooklyn anomaly: roughly four streets by three avenues of colonial style and size mansions plopped down between Flatbush and Prospect Park, at the apex of Southern Brooklyn before entering the long stretch of brick-built, Orthodox Jewish-dominated neighborhoods that spread to the feet of Coney Island.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
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Edward was doubtless inspired by the walled city of Constantinople, which he passed through on his return from the crusades.01286 677617The largest surviving brick-built medieval barn in the country, whose grandeur suggests it was built for more than just storing straw – as does the fireplace.
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A fine example is brick-built Herstmonceaux in Sussex, splendidly depicted in its overgrown state across the book's front end-papers.
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But nearly all, it seemed – with the efforts of EMI and Children in Crisis – were being restored as brick-built symbols of possibility.
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This neighborhood is a Brooklyn anomaly: roughly four streets by three avenues of colonial style and size mansions plopped down between Flatbush and Prospect Park, at the apex of Southern Brooklyn before entering the long stretch of brick-built, Orthodox Jewish-dominated neighborhoods that spread to the feet of Coney Island.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
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Until last week Khaista Rehman owned a fabric shop and lived in a brick-built home with his family.
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