Definition of "brick shithouse" [brick shithouse]

• An article built more robustly than its function requires; implies an element of indestructability. (noun)
• A person with a well-developed body. (noun)

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• "Time passed; Al and Jerry brushed by him: once, twice, three times, side-mouthing ugly stuff, bringing the LAPD goon with them on their fourth go-round, a brick shithouse blocking his path, fingers on his chest, the hump improvising on Considine’s script:"