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A babbitt-lined blank of bronze that forms the bearing upon which the car rests. To brass a car is to replace one of those bearings
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.
Adj. Very cold. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brass monkey weather'
Facts. Ere, you've got your brass wrong!
Old iron and brass is London Cockney rhyming slang for grass. Old iron and brass is British military rhyming slang for a pass.
(1) marijuana (2) to inform authority about an individuals transgression of a rule; i.e. to grass someone up, to grass on someone, "you better not grass me up".
Knobs is Black−American slang for knees. Knobs is American slang for breasts.
Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brassy' and 'brass monkeys'.
Brass band is London Cockney rhyming slang for hand.
Noun. Impudence, cheek, nerve. Also brass-necked (adj). [Orig. Northern dialect]
Phrs. That and more. Used to emphasise agreement, or as a retort to an insult. E.g."The same to you with knobs on!"
money. From the 16th century, and a popular expression the north of England, e.g., 'where there's muck there's brass' which incidentally alluded to certain trades involving scrap, mess or waste which offered high earnings. This was also a defensive or retaliatory remark aimed at those of middle, higher or profesional classes who might look down on certain 'working class' entrepreneurs or traders. The 'where there's much there's brass' expression helped maintain and spread the populairity iof the 'brass' money slang, rather than cause it. Brass originated as slang for money by association to the colour of gold coins, and the value of brass as a scrap metal.
Brass neck is British slang for intensely cheeky.
Brass monkeys is slang for very cold weather.
Brass (shortened from brass nail) is slang for a prostitute. Brass is British slang for money.Brass is British slang for penniless.
Brass tacks is London Cockney rhyming slang for facts.
Adj. Of the weather or air temperature, very cold. E.g."Wear a hat and scarf, it's brass monkeys out there." See 'brass monkey weather'.
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A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
v. i.
To produce grass.
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Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
v. t.
To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.
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Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
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A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.
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Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
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Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
v. t.
To cover with grass or with turf.
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Green with grass.
v. t.
To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
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Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
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Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
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of Bass
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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
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