"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; implies an element of indestructability. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Bricks
    Sense id: en-brick_shithouse-en-noun-VxMDWKk6 Disambiguation of Bricks: 67 33 Categories (other): 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: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34
  2. (slang, vulgar) A person with a well-developed body. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-brick_shithouse-en-noun-2TggpR3V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: built like a brick shithouse

Inflected forms

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