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DictionarySeeshithousebuilt like a brick shithouse Note: This page may contain terms or definitions that are offensive or inappropriate for some readers.built like a brick shithouse1. slang Very muscular and strong. Bert is built like a brick shithouse, so get him to help you move all this furniture!2. slang Very buxom and curvaceous. Mary has a great body—she's built like a brick shithouse.See also: brick, built, like, shithousebuilt like a brick shithouse BRITISH, INFORMAL, VERY RUDEIf you say that someone is built like a brick shithouse, you mean that they are extremely tall, broad, and strong-looking. This guy was built like a brick shithouse, with a huge mustache and smouldering brown eyes. Note: You can use brick-shithouse before a noun to describe someone who looks like this. He brought his brick-shithouse mate with him. Note: A shithouse is a slang word for a toilet. A brick shithouse is a strong outside toilet built using bricks instead of wood, from the time before many houses had indoor bathrooms. See also: brick, built, like, shithousebuilt like a brick shithouse1. mod. pertaining to a very strong and well-built person. (Usually refers to a male. Refers to the sturdiness of an outhouse [outdoor toilet] built of brick rather than the traditional wooden outhouse. Usually objectionable.) Chuck is built like a brick shithouse. The only fat on him is where his brain ought to be. 2. mod. pertaining to a beautiful and curvaceous woman. (Refers to the imagined curving and uneven walls of an outhouse built hastily and carelessly of brick. This sense is a misinterpretation of the first sense. Usually objectionable.) Look at that dame! She’s really built like a brick shithouse. See also: brick, built, like, shithouse |