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brass
noun- in the military, high-ranking officers as a collective entity US, 1864
- As perspiring VIPs, government guides, Navy brass and reporters stood by, the President came out, shook hands with Guzick, his wife and three children, then patted his pockets for the check. — Washington Post, p. B2, 19 May 1979
- [I]t is by considerations largely beyond the control of the air crews or even the Air Force Brass. — Washington Post, p. E7, 9 August 1981
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld won the first argument, about the size of the invasion force; it was far smaller than Army brass wanted. — Chicago Tribune, p. C24, 8 April 2004
- money, cash UK, 1598
- I’m trying to get some brass together so as you and me can keep seeing each other. — The Full Monty, 1997
- in carnival usage, fake jewellery US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 33, 1981
- brass knuckles US
- — Edith A. Folb, runnin’ down some lines, p. 231, 1980
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