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brickbat definition

brick·bat (-bat′)

noun

  1. a piece of brick, esp. one used as a missile
  2. an unfavorable or critical remark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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