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41brass — See: DOUBLE IN BRASS, GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS …
42Brass — This is a very old surname and quite rare considering its long life. It is almost certainly locational deriving either from the village of Brace in Shropshire as in the first recording below, or from the now lost hamlets with the same meaning. It …
43brass — I n High ranking officials. When the brass hears about this, they aren t going to like it. 1890s II n Impudence, gall, effrontery. He had the brass to tell the teacher off. 1620s …
44brass — See: double in brass, get down to brass tacks …
45brass — The bright yellow or golden alloy of copper and zinc, in the proportion of about two parts of copper to one part zinc. The zinc makes brass stronger and harder than copper is alone. It is malleable and ductile, though variations in its… …
46Brass — Brạss, der; Brasses (umgangssprachlich für Ärger, Wut); Brass haben; in Brass kommen …
47brass — I Australian Slang 1. money; 2. high ranking military officers; people in the most senior positions in an organisation II Cleveland Dialect List money; copper money: Ah s sell d thae kye and getten t brass …
48brass — The frequent AV rendering (e.g.Deut. 8:9) is incorrect and probably copper is meant, which became bronze (as 1 Sam. 17:5) when alloyed with tin. NRSV and REB use ‘brass’ for the metaphorical sense (of unyielding hardness) in Isa. 48:4, while NJB… …
49Brass — a tomb effigy incised in two dimensions in a brass plate …
50brass — Noun. 1. Money. 2. Prostitute. Short for brass nail, rhyming slang for tail, which is itself slang for, amongst other things, a woman and prostitute …
