| 释义 |
brass nail; brass
noun
a prostitute UK, 1933
Rhyming slang for TAIL[H]is old woman who a brass on the game down the Baze[.] — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 8, 1958 You’re nothing but a blasted brass. I wouldn’t touch you with a bloody bargepole, let alone pay for you. — Anonymous Streetwalker, p. 43, 1959 He would definitely get value for money. The brasses were very skillful, he shortly realised that. — G.F. Newman, Three Professional Ladies, p. 282, 1979 “Take him to a hotel–George’s gaff–he’ll let anybody in; all the brasses use it.” “Don’t you call me a bloody brass,” said Rita indignantly. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 161, 1984 Richard didn’t want the man on the corner to go up and fuck one of the brasses. — Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, p. 2, 1996 I’d just bunk off and walk the length of Mill Street and up to round by the Proddie [Protestant] cathedral just to look at the brasses. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 102, 2001 |