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Definition of Brickly
1. Adjective. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped. "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brickly
Literary usage of Brickly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"Both brickie and brickly are somewhat common among settlers of English lineage.
[For brickie see Murray. ..."
2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... could be legitimately derived, and T. Moore's "brickie earthen pots" are but-a
step behind the " brickly ware," which is met with in Southern writers. ..."
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