stick-built
adj.— «The legislation promotes manufactured homes as “a significant affordable-housing alternative to stick-built homes.” Manufactured houses typically cost 20 to 30 percent less than what builders refer to as “stick-built” houses.» —“Bill nixes limits on prefab homes” by George Lurie Durango Herald (Colo.) Apr. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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