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It was a brickbat “Plug Ugly” fight—the result of animal, and not intellectual or patriotic instincts.
A REBEL WAR CLERK'S DIARY AT THE CONFEDERATE STATES CAPITALJOHN BEAUCHAMP JONES
Directly afterwards a brickbat flew past my head, aimed, no doubt, at the more prominent figure of the lieutenant.
PADDY FINNW. H. G. KINGSTON
There isn't a mineral in Louisiana, unless it is a brickbat.
MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION FROM SECESSION TO LOYALTYJ. W. DE FOREST
Real Christmas weather—that is to say, the earth is as hard as a brickbat, and the wind freezes one to the very marrow.
DIARY OF THE BESIEGED RESIDENT IN PARISHENRY LABOUCHRE
And then praise and dispraise became equal unto him; and a brickbat, stone, and gold assumed the same aspect in his eyes.
THE MAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA BK. 3 PT. 2TRANSLATED BY KISARI MOHAN GANGULI
Well, Pat, Jimmy didn't quite kill you with a brickbat, did he?
Robinson looked confused, and his eyes rose and fell from Mr. Eden's face to the brickbat.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READE
A feeling of sadness and longingThat is not like being sick, And resembles sorrow onlyAs a brickbat resembles a brick.
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUS
He loves his kind so much that he has not a word softer than a brickbat for a single mother's son of them.
He uttered a loud exclamation, and springing unguardedly up, dropped a brickbat which rolled toward Mr. Eden and nearly hit him.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READE
WORDS RELATED TO BRICKBAT
- black list
- blackball
- blame
- boo
- boycott
- brickbat
- call down
- castigation
- catcall
- censure
- criticism
- denunciation
- deprecation
- disapprobation
- discontent
- disfavor
- dislike
- disparagement
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- hiss
- nix
- objection
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- reproach
- reproof
- slap on wrist
- stricture
- thumbs down
- vitriol
- zing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.