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British Slang: Brass

Brass: Money. Audacity, impudence, shamelessness. Nervous condition, irritability. Prostitute. The meaning of Brass from the dictionary: BRASS [bra:s] brass, bronze vessel/tool/ornament etc. made of b

Brass:

  • Money.
  • Audacity, impudence, shamelessness. Nervous condition, irritability.
  • Prostitute.

Meaning of Brass from the dictionary:

BRASS [bra:s]

  1. brass, bronze
  2. vessel/tool/ornament etc. made of brass, wind instruments
  3. brass memorial/tombstone plate
  4. sl. money
  5. colloquial shamelessness, impudence
  6. sl. senior officials/officers
  7. attr brass, bronze, wind

Band instruments

To come/get down to BRASS tacks/nails – getting to the essential facts, coming to the heart of the matter, speaking about/examining the facts, accepting things as they are, dealing with/examining things that are of direct practical importance

As bold as BRASS – impudent, cheeky, shameless

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