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bricktop

American  
[brik-top] / ˈbrɪkˌtɒp /

noun

Informal.
  1. a person having red or reddish-brown hair.

  2. hair of this color.


Etymology

Origin of bricktop

1840–50, brick + top 1, from the typical color of bricks

Example Sentences

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Maybe I shouldn't say anything about this," he continued, "but your hair's the same color as mine, and I always make it a point to pass valuable information along to a fellow bricktop.

From Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California by Standish, Burt L.

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