brickbat
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brickbat englanniksi
(senseid) A piece of brick, rock, etc., especially when used as a weapon (for example, thrown or placed in a sock or other receptacle and used as a club).
(RQ:Foxe Actes and Monuments)|brackets=on
(quote-book)|month=February|year=1687|year_published=1881|page=91|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/remainesofgentil00aubruoft/page/91/mode/1up|oclc=2417357|passage=Y(sup) body of King I of England|Charles the First was privately putt into the Sand about White-hall; and the coffin that was carried to Windsor and layd in K. VIII|Henry 8(sup) vault was filled with rubbish, or brick-batts.|footer=(small)
(RQ:Marsh Beetle)
(RQ:Wodehouse Jeeves in the Offing)
A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly) uncomplimentary remark.
(antonyms)
(RQ:Milton Smectymnuus) for me to anſvver a ſlovenly vvincer of a confutation, that, if he vvould needs put his foot to ſuch a ſvveaty ſervice, the odour of his Sock vvas like to be neither Musk, nor Benjamin?
(RQ:Carlyle Past and Present)
(RQ:Economist), the Italian-born widow of a murdered Congress leader, runs the show. This arrangement has assured Mr Singh many brickbats, and little freedom to dodge.
(quote-journal)
(quote-web)
To attack (someone or something) by swinging or throwing brickbats ''(noun (senseno))''.
(RQ:Du Bois Negro Crime)