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

Eugene Bullard, the world’s first Black fighter pilot who was also awarded the Croix de Guerre, ran a series of successful Paris nightclubs in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably Le Grand Duc where Langston Hughes worked as a busboy and where Ada Smith, the performer known as Bricktop, worked as a hostess who would later open her own celebrated nightclub.

From New York Times

Of course Josephine Baker is performing the night that Lee goes to Bricktop’s; of course she’s singing “Blue Skies,” the lyrics aligning perfectly with Lee’s own hopeful mood.

From New York Times

Bricktop, who later took Baker under her wing, first performed.

From New York Times

Cole Porter, a regular at the club Bricktop’s, adored her.

From New York Times

Among them was Ada “Bricktop” Smith, whose real-life Montmartre nightspot was all the rage.

From Seattle Times