redbrick

or red-brick

[red-brik]

adjective British Informal. (sometimes initial capital letter)

of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.

Origin of redbrick

First recorded in 1705–15; red¹ + brick

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Examples from the Web for redbrick

Contemporary Examples of redbrick

Outside, Butch and Leon leaned on a corner of the redbrick building and smoked a cigarette.
John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two
John Grisham
October 26, 2009

Historical Examples of redbrick

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

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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