brick house
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry.
Etymology
Possibly coined in 1977 from the song "Brick House" by The Commodores, who took it from the older expression built like a brick shithouse.