Meanings
- euphemisticidiomaticnot comparablesimileSynonym of built like a brick shithouse.
As for the '66', the HSE noted that because of its "robust construction and mass" it sustained comparatively "minor structural damage". Built like the proverbial brick outhouse, it nevertheless had "no energy-absorbing design features".
2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 42Synonyms: built like a brick shithouse
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of built like a brick shithouse.
Cite this entry
built like a brick outhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/built%20like%20a%20brick%20outhouse
“built like a brick outhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/built%20like%20a%20brick%20outhouse. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “built like a brick outhouse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/built%20like%20a%20brick%20outhouse.
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