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brickish
adj 2
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3ADJ.
red
BRICKISH + NOUN
redness, worcester
ADV.
awfully
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adj
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.
"Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red.
2
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."
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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.
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"Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red.
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"It's awfully brickish of you, Worcester," said Acton, as Grim was heard trotting up the corridor "to stand down."
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