bricktop

[ brik-top ]

/ ˈbrɪkˌtɒp /

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noun Informal.

a person having red or reddish-brown hair.

hair of this color.

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Origin of bricktop

1840–50, Americanism;brick + top¹, from the typical color of bricks

“Thanks, captain,” interrupted Bricktop, with a short laugh.
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick
Bricktop is coaching Sam all he can, but it needs more than coaching to make a guard.
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick
Or has Bricktop Molloy decided to come back to play on the eleven?
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick
Your baggage will be sent up afterward by deep-sea express, bricktop!
The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice|John Henry Goldfrap

Bricktop, for the first time since the season had opened, was without his football togs, and he felt it keenly.
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick