"brickety" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more brickety [comparative], most brickety [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} brickety (comparative more brickety, superlative most brickety)
  1. (Southern US, dated) fidgety, meddlesome Tags: Southern-US, dated Related terms: brickety-brack
    Sense id: en-brickety-en-adj-p14tukir Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Southern US English

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          "ref": "1917, Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, Arthur Stimson Draper, Wilfred John Funk, The Literary Digest",
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