"brick house" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-brick house.wav Forms: brick houses [plural]
Etymology: Possibly coined in 1977 from the song "Brick House" by The Commodores, who took it from the older expression built like a brick shithouse. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brick house (plural brick houses)
  1. (slang) A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Body
    Sense id: en-brick_house-en-noun-Lgsby-iO Disambiguation of Body: 97 3
  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), Backsteinhaus [neuter] (German), Ziegelsteinhaus [neuter] (German), casa de alvenaria [feminine] (Portuguese), casa de ladrillo [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brick_house-en-noun-xNy6nyuq Disambiguation of Women: 26 74 Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Chickasaw translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Chickasaw translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry': 0 100

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