redbrick

or red-brick

[ red-brik ]

/ ˈrɛdˌbrɪk /

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adjective British Informal.(sometimes initial capital letter)

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

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Origin of redbrick

First recorded in 1705–15; red¹ + brick

Words nearby redbrick

redbone, red book, Red Branch, red brass, redbreast, redbrick, redbrick university, Redbridge, Red Brigades, redbud, redbug

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How to use redbrick in a sentence

They turned a corner and saw a small, flat redbrick building with guards and others milling around its door.
John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The courthouse was a low, one-story redbrick building, sitting well back from the street.
The Coming of the Law|Charles Alden Seltzer
It stands about mid-way between the Chelsea pier and the new redbrick mansions erected on the Chelsea embankment.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti|T. Hall Caine

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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