brickbat

Example Sentences

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There is one more bouquet to deliver from the weekend, although it won't be popular, so it comes with a bit of a brickbat.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2013

Inside, the conductor Daniel Barenboim lobbed a brickbat of his own.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2010

Lydon has lobbed many a brickbat at McLaren over the years, but when asked about the death of his one-time manager, he gets serious.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2010

Let me get the brickbat out of the way.

From Washington Post

Jeff makes us fluttermills out of corn-stalks, and he learned us—taught us, I mean—to call a brickbat an alley-apple, and he can make his ears wiggle just like a rabbit and everything.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)