redbrick university

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redbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom