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half brick

half bat, half brick, snap header

half bat
A brick cut to half its length.
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when somebody threatened to throw a half brick realising it was plastic.
Blair's writing style has all the finesse of a half brick. Somebody will have to help him with the long words.
Suspect threw half brick through rear window of house.
Wilkinson said she found the half brick again and smashed Mr Thompson three times in the face in quick succession, causing him to fall over backwards.
Every increase in thickness of a half brick's length meant the bond pattern became more complex but you can recognise the bonding method by the pattern on the front face.
After downing 10 pints -and not even having been at the game -he saw a group of Black Cats fans walking down Westgate Road and picked up a half brick and lobbed it at them.
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