brick-built

  • 11built like a brick shithouse — 1. mod. pertaining to a very strong and well built person. (Usually refers to a male. Refers to the sturdiness of an outhouse [outdoor toilet] built of brick rather than the traditional wooden outhouse. Usually objectionable.) □ Chuck is built… …

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  • 12brick — /brɪk / (say brik) noun 1. a block of clay, usually rectangular, hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc. 2. such blocks collectively. 3. the material. 4. any similar block, especially a small one of …

  • 13Brick Memorial High School — Infobox School name = Brick Township Memorial High School imagesize = motto = established = 1980 grades = 9 12 district = Brick Public Schools type = Public high school principal = Richard V. Caldes asst principal = Ronald Gerfulson Peter Panuska …

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  • 14brick — [[t]brɪ̱k[/t]] bricks, bricking, bricked 1) N VAR Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks. She built bookshelves out of bricks and planks …

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  • 15brick — brick1 [ brık ] noun ** count a block used for building walls and other structures: He laid every brick himself. a. uncount bricks used as a building material: The church was built entirely of brick. a brick wall do something brick by brick to do …

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  • 16brick — I UK [brɪk] / US noun Word forms brick : singular brick plural bricks ** 1) [countable] a block used for building walls and other structures He laid every brick himself. a) [uncountable] bricks used as a building material The church was built… …

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  • 17brick — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. b the material used to make these. c a similar block of concrete etc. 2 Brit. a child s toy building block. 3 a brick shaped solid object (a… …

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  • 18Brick House Ruins — Infobox nrhp | name =Brick House Ruin nrhp type =nhl caption = Paul Hamilton House (Brick House Ruins) nearest city= Edisto Island, South Carolina lat degrees = 32 lat minutes = 36 lat seconds = 5.35 lat direction = N long degrees = 80 long… …

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  • 19Brick Schoolhouse — Infobox nrhp | name =Brick Schoolhouse nrhp type = caption = location= Providence, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 49 lat seconds = 43 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 24 long seconds = 34 long direction = W locmapin …

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  • 20Brick Block — Infobox nrhp | name =Brick Block nrhp type = caption = location= Chatham, Massachusetts lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 40 lat seconds = 46 lat direction = N long degrees = 69 long minutes = 57 long seconds = 24 long direction = W locmapin =… …

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