Speakur

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built like a brick shithouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
built -like a brick- shit-house
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

Colloquial

adj

Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial

adj

(Of an object) Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough; overbuilt or overengineered.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks.

Usage

Synonyms

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Questions

What does built like a brick shithouse mean?
Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
Where does built like a brick shithouse come from?
From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks.

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