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Proof that civilization is just millions of tiny rectangles, stacked patiently by someone else.
means A tradesperson who builds walls and structures by setting bricks in mortar, one course at a time.
from A straightforward compound: 'brick' (which English borrowed, likely via Old French/Middle Dutch 'bricke', ultimately tied to Germanic roots meaning 'to break' — a brick being a broken-off or shaped piece of clay) plus 'layer,' one who lays. The job title is as literal as trade names get: the person who lays bricks, attested since at least the medieval building boom when brick replaced timber and stone in many English towns.
- daily output
- roughly 500 bricks laid per skilled worker daily
- ancient trade
- practiced since 7000 BC in Jericho
- the trick
- it is the mortar bed, not the brick, that matters
- spirit level
- still beats laser tools for quick gut checks