bricktop

[ brik-top ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
2. hair of this color.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bricktop¹

1840–50, Americanism; brick + top ¹, from the typical color of bricks

Example Sentences

“Thanks, captain,” interrupted Bricktop, with a short laugh.

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Bricktop is coaching Sam all he can, but it needs more than coaching to make a guard.

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Or has Bricktop Molloy decided to come back to play on the eleven?

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Your baggage will be sent up afterward by deep-sea express, bricktop!

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Bricktop, for the first time since the season had opened, was without his football togs, and he felt it keenly.

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