adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (of buildings, walls, etc.) built with bricks of a reddish-brown colour:
red-brick cottages
2 (becoming old-fashioned) (of universities in Britain) built in the late 19th or early 20th century, in contrast to older universities, such as Oxford and Cambridge
compareOXBRIDGE
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