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top brass; brass noun high-ranking police officers UK, 1949 Adopted from military usage, preceded by “big brass” and “high brass”.- [H]e’s already put it to the top brass and they’re prepared to let him play it his way[.] — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law [britpulp], p. 49, 1974
- Regan whistled softly. “That means brass breathing down our necks,” he said grimly. — The Sweeney, p. 49, 1976
- “Brass’ll love this,” sighed [Sergeant] Fraser. — David Peace, Nineteen Seventy-Four, p. 115, 1999
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