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brickbat
brick·bat
[
brík bàt
]
(
plural
brick·bats
)
noun
Definition:
1.
criticism:
a harshly unfavorable criticism
2.
piece of something hard:
a broken fragment of something hard that is used as a missile
[
Mid-16th century. <bat
1
"piece, lump"
]
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