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brickbats

[brik-bat]

noun

1.

a piece of broken brick, especially one used as a missile.

2.

any rocklike missile.

3.

an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism: The critics greeted the play with brickbats.

Origin:
1555–65; brick + bat¹

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