1800 J. Thomson i. 39 Besides clay of excellent quality for making house bricks and tyles to any extent, a species of clay has been found, proper for the purpose of making fire-bricks.
1935 15 May 8/5 Among unusual exhibits are..house bricks in red, white, and blue for Jubilee year.
2002 J. Simpson (2004) 58 We can stay up on the lightest breezes when before we would have dropped like a house brick.