redbrick university
redbrick university
A British university founded in the 19th or 20th century. (Many buildings on such universities' campuses are made with red bricks.) Most often used to distinguish such a school from Oxford or Cambridge, both of which were founded in the Middle Ages. Primarily heard in UK. No, I just went to one of the redbrick universities—I could never have gotten into the likes of Oxford.
See also: university
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- university
- Buckley's and none
- sup with Sir Thomas Gresham
- found (up)on
- found on
- the turn of the century
- the turn of the century/year
- turn of the century
- know (someone or something) from (someone or something else)
- know from something