"brick shithouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-brick shithouse.ogg [Australia] Forms: brick shithouses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brick shithouse (plural brick shithouses)
  1. (slang, vulgar) An article built more robustly than its function requires; implying an element of indestructibility. Tags: slang, vulgar Derived forms: built like a brick shithouse
    Sense id: en-brick_shithouse-en-noun-Alsp9lNn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53
  2. (slang, vulgar) A person with a well-developed body. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-brick_shithouse-en-noun-2TggpR3V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bricks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Bricks: 28 72

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