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.
See also:
  • 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