Brickish vs Trickish - What's the difference?
brickish | trickish |
resembling brick, bricklike
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Bertrand W. Sinclair, title=The Hidden Places, chapter=, edition=
, passage=One moment his shoulders and his head stood plain in every detail, even to the brickish redness of his skin and the curve of his fingers about the glasses; the next he was gone. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1909, author=Various, title=The Lock And Key Library, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red. }}
(slang, UK, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.
*{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Frederick Swainson, title=Acton's Feud, chapter=, edition=
, passage="It's awfully brickish of you, Worcester," said Acton, as Grim was heard trotting up the corridor "to stand down." }}
As adjectives the difference between brickish and trickish
is that brickish is resembling brick, bricklike while trickish is who uses tricks or trickery.brickish
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