bricklayer
bricklayer
Definition
brick·layer (-lā′ər)
noun
a person whose work is building or paving with bricks
bricklayer
Usage Examples
Possessives
- laborer: Two weeks later, Good was traced to Tonbridge where he was working as a bricklayer's laborer.
- trowel: Leaving aside the tunics, the scene is surprisingly modern, even down to the shape of the bricklayer's trowel.
- painter: Long runs can be made for bricklayer's, painter 's, decorator's, plasterer's and DIY Projects.
Converse of object
- become: Keira claims that if her career stopped tomorrow she would be more than happy to become a bricklayer.
- include: These include bricklayer, carpenter or joiner, carpet fitter, and glazier.
- name: She eventually married a bricklayer named Hayes, whom she survived several years.
- call: Our fireplace was constructed from local brick, from Nostell, by a bricklayer called Peter from Middlestown.
- find: The only problem is trying to find a bricklayer prepared to use it.
Adjective modifier
- self-employed: How to lose a credit Jack is a self-employed bricklayer.
- former: What they do mention, however, is that the case file reveals that a former bricklayer was the primary suspect for many years.
- experienced: We are looking for a foreman and experienced Bricklayers for high profile build Good Rates of Pay.
- skilled: What happens is there were a lot of extremely skilled out-of-work bricklayers in Leicester.
- modern: The Roman builders laid three rows of stones, staggering the layers as a modern day bricklayer does.
- many: December 25 th 1869 Died on the 20th inst Thomas Hardy for many years bricklayer on the Melford Hall estate.
Modifies a noun
- laborer: September 6 th 1904 There was an inquest at Melford police station on James Smith, a bricklayers laborer of Melford.
- job: Recruitment sites covering IT, sales jobs, purchasing and marketing or building site work, laborers, drivers and plumber or bricklayer jobs.
Noun used with modifier
- apprentice: Whether you are an apprentice bricklayer or a seasoned specifier, the Learning Texts provide you with everything you need to know about mortar.
- trainee: A film crew, making a documentary for Japanese TV on canal restoration in the UK, focus on the trainee bricklayers.
- expert: Work on the bridge proceeded quickly as Jack Pocock, expert bricklayer, built up the new parapets with considerable skill.
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