"brick" = 'very cold' (weather) ?

[Mark A. Mandel]

>From another list:

>>>>>
#About 11/2 years ago a coworker of mine used the word "brick" for cold
#as "in its really brick out" I of course corrected him with the word
#brisk but was assured that he did in fact mean brick. I also heard it
#this past winter and I was wondering if it was local to the NYC area?
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Anyone ever hear this one? (I assume "11/2" means "one and a half".)

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