make bricks without straw

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Definitions of make bricks without straw words

noun make bricks without straw a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color. 1
noun make bricks without straw such blocks collectively. 1
noun make bricks without straw the material of which such blocks are made. 1
noun make bricks without straw any block or bar having a similar size and shape: a gold brick; an ice-cream brick. 1
noun make bricks without straw the length of a brick as a measure of thickness, as of a wall: one and a half bricks thick. 1
noun make bricks without straw Informal. an admirably good or generous person. 1

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English brike < Middle Dutch bricke; akin to break

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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