redbrick
or red-brick
[ red-brik ]
/ ˈrɛdˌbrɪk /
adjective British Informal.(sometimes initial capital letter)
of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.
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Words nearby redbrick
red bone marrow, red book, Red Branch, red brass, redbreast, redbrick, redbrick university, Redbridge, Red Brigades, redbud, redbug
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Example sentences from the Web for redbrick
Outside, Butch and Leon leaned on a corner of the redbrick building and smoked a cigarette.
One was a square, red-brick mansion in the centre of the village, surrounded by a high, redbrick wall enclosing a garden.
The Weavers, Complete|Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for redbrick
redbrick
/ (ˈrɛdˌbrɪk) /
noun
(modifier) denoting, relating to, or characteristic of a provincial British university of relatively recent foundation, esp as distinguished from Oxford and Cambridge
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