A term applied to a short, blunt criticism. Often paired with bouquet to describe a mixutre of the good and the bad: bouquets and brickbats. This is presumably because either item may be thrown, depending on one's intent.
Brick"bat` (?), n.
A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.
Bacon.
© Webster 1913.
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