"brick house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brick houses [plural]
Etymology: Possibly coined in 1977 for the song "Brick House" by The Commodores, who took it from the older expression built like a brick shithouse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|built like a brick shithouse}} built like a brick shithouse Head templates: {{en-noun}} brick house (plural brick houses)
  1. A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust. Categories (topical): Body, Women
    Sense id: en-brick_house-en-noun-Lgsby-iO Disambiguation of Body: 90 10 Disambiguation of Women: 45 55
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry. Categories (topical): Women Translations (house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry): камяніца (kamjanica) [feminine] (Belarusian), lokfi' nona' abooha (Chickasaw), tiilitalo (Finnish), maison de briques [feminine] (French), casa de alvenaria [feminine] (Portuguese), casa de ladrillo [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brick_house-en-noun-xNy6nyuq Disambiguation of Women: 45 55 Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry': 3 97

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