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单词 brick-brack
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brick-brackn.

Brit. /ˈbrɪkbrak/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌbræk/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: brick n.1, brickbat n.
Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of brick n.1, probably as an alteration of brickbat n. (compare the occasional α. forms at that entry). Perhaps compare earlier brack n.1
Now nonstandard.
A brickbat. Also figurative: a criticism, an insult.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > instance of > an uncomplimentary speech or remark
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unpleasantry1916
1649 Εικων Ἡ Πιστη iv. 15 These Bishops were thrown into the Thames, had Brick-bracks thrown upon their heads, were shoulder'd up and down the Hall, and their heads knocked against the wall.
?1791 ‘A. Pasquin’ Eccentricities J. Edwin I. 108 You werily deserve to be pelted with brick bracks, and rolled in the kindle, says I.
1827 J. Wight More Mornings Bow St. 217 Some part of the said public attacked the said building with brick-bracks.
2000 Brentwood (Calif.) News (Nexis) 2 Mar. 15 To all the candidates who..will endure the brick-bracks thrown your way, we salute you and wish you good luck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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