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brick shithouse

brick shithouse noun: an article built more robustly than its function requires; implying an element of indestructibility.

Noun

brick shithouse (plural brick shithouses)

  1. (slang, vulgar) An article built more robustly than its function requires; implying an element of indestructibility.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A person with a well-developed body.
    • Part Polynesian, part Melanesian, part brick shithouse. He crossed the gym with the proprietary waddle of a troll in its lair, […]2000, Shane Maloney, Nice Try: A Murray Whelan Mystery, page 75
    • He felt like he'd just slammed a brick shithouse.2001, J. R. Parker, Winter Kill, page 9

Forms of brick shithouse

pluralbrick shithouses

Words formed from brick shithouse

Questions about brick shithouse

What does brick shithouse mean?
Brick shithouse means an article built more robustly than its function requires; implying an element of indestructibility.
What part of speech is brick shithouse?
Brick shithouse is a noun.
What is the plural of brick shithouse?
The plural of brick shithouse is brick shithouses.

Words near brick shithouse in the dictionary

  1. brick packs
  2. brick phone
  3. brick phones
  4. brick red
  5. brick reds
  6. brick shithouse
  7. brick shithouses
  8. brick slip
  9. brick slips
  10. brick stamp
  11. brick stamps

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