Meaning of bricken | Babel Free

Definitions

Made of brick.

archaic, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] in this country, I say⟳, where the people pass⟳ at least seven-eighths of their time within doors, it is but natural that the word home should have⟳ extended itself into something more than a mere covering—a bricken case for our bodies (like⟳ the Italian casa).”

“In a minute or two the train⟳ turns the angle of the line, and then through what a bricken wilderness of roofs it seems to be ploughing its way, and how odd the people look⟳, as they slide⟳ swiftly by, in their wretched garrets!”

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