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built like a shit brickhouse en · ADJ

Etymology

By humorous spoonerism of built like a brick shithouse.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
    • Paul was only a little fella, though game as a hungry lion, and knew he wouldn't have much chance against his rival, who he had heard was an ex-boxer and built like a shit brickhouse. 2012, Razor Smith, A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun: The Autobiography of a Career Criminal:
    • Not to mention that even at seventy-one years old, he's still built like a shit brickhouse and his diet is probably planned out down to the minute. 2017, Chris Jericho, No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life:
    • I finally reach the bar counter and come face-to-face with Anne, a ferociously alcoholic sub I used to work with who's built like a shit brickhouse. 2020, Dan Kaufman, Drowning in the Shallows:
    • Hamish looked up as the door opened and Tank Milligan walked in, looking like a shit brickhouse wearing a suit. 'Dom said this guy was a big palooka, didn't he? 2017, Douglas Skelton, Tag - You're Dead:

Synonyms

built like a brick shithouse