# built like a brick shithouse

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
2. Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body.
3. (Of an object) Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough; overbuilt or overengineered.

## Etymology
From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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