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Drug slang A regional street term for 1 kg of marijuana, or a similarly packaged unit of crack cocaine
Sports medicine An episode of one form of endurance exercise followed by another, used in endurance multisports—e.g., duathlons and triathlons; often the individual sports are practised separately and raced jointly; a brick stacks one upon the other in training; the most common brick is a bike-run session and is used to help transition the legs from cycling to running
Virology Inclusion body A popular albeit non-specific term for a crystalloid structure corresponding to packed viral particles within host cells

brick

feed compacted into a solid mass weighing up to 2 lb. Bricks provide an alternative to pellets and have the advantage that they have to be eaten slowly.

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The problem is the average age of bricklayers is going up, and it's difficult to attract new young people to the trade.

Australian inventor creates robot bricklayer

The levy makes it easier for bricklayers to take on apprentices, ACCC Commissioner Dr Jill Walker said.

Australia : ACCC reauthorises brick levy to help with bricklayer shortage

You do not need formal qualifications to become a bricklayer, but employers usually want people who have some on-site experience.

Set a course for a career you can build a reputation in; Careers in bricklaying Sue Kelbrick on a career suited to a practical person who likes working outdoors

Dean Jones won the regional final of the annual Guild of Bricklayers Junior Contest

Dean builds on his success in contest

Bricklayer is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Moshiri, who also wrote its libretto.

Iranian culture goes to the opera

The Limerick schoolboy, who is planning on training to be a bricklayer, can't decide what to get for his birthday.

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Did you ever hear the one about the most unfortunate bricklayer in history?

Money for nothing

In "The Bricklayer," Berggren talks about what made him become an actor.

The Bricklayer

A gay American can be a bricklayer, an athlete, a lawyer, a doctor--why can't that person be a sergeant or a lieutenant colonel?

rants & raves

In his first deposition, Hudson described himself as a bricklayer, but in his second as a carpenter: this has caused puzzlement, but it is explained by an entry in the records of the Carpenters' Company dated 17 February 1607/8.

Hudson and the Burbages

The bricklayer replied, "I am placing one brick on top of another.

Leadership in the nineties

North Carolina Tradesman Beats Out International Competition to Snatch Title at SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500[R] Annual Event