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Redbrick

adjective

Of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century. Synonym: red-brick.

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"Redbrick" Quotes from Famous Books

... deep sunk in the whirlpool of feeling which had been stirred in him by his chauffeur's cynicism, gazed at the square redbrick building with ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... stood out insistently, more by the authority of their appearance and position than by their size. One was a square, red-brick mansion in the centre of the village, surrounded by a high, redbrick wall enclosing a garden. Another was a big, low, graceful building with wings. It had once been a monastery. It was covered with ivy, which grew thick and hungry upon it, and it was called the Cloistered House. The last of the three was of wood, and of no great size—a severely plain ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

Words linked to "Redbrick" : United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, United Kingdom, modern, U.K., UK, Great Britain, university