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

[Jesse Sheidlower]

> >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?
> <<<<<
>
> Anyone ever hear this one? (I assume "11/2" means "one and a half".)

Yes, I've been hearing it for the last two years or so in the
New York area. It's definitely "brick."

Jesse Sheidlower