"brickish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-brickish.ogg [Australia] Forms: more brickish [comparative], most brickish [superlative]
Etymology: brick + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brick|ish}} brick + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} brickish (comparative more brickish, superlative most brickish)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of brick. Synonyms: bricklike, bricky
    Sense id: en-brickish-en-adj-zHBXModp
  2. (slang, UK, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person. Tags: UK, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-brickish-en-adj-C0rECamk Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 28 72

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