1. a metal
alloy consisting chiefly of
copper and zinc. Brass is usually
yellow in
color and harder and stronger than
copper. 2. (informal) any very important officials.
fraudulent; deceptive.
(informal) any very important officials.
(informal) very important jobs.
(slang) a military
officer of high
rank. So called from the
gold braid often on the
cap.
a
yellow metal made of
copper and zinc in various proportions, and used to make ornaments, dishes, etc. The
term is also used figuratively to mean "
hard; imperishable."
Boy, you go any further than that, you'
ve just
hung yourself up in a nice little
brass mystery and there you'll be going around with a lamp looking into the dark corners and wondering what you're being
mystified about.
fraudulent; deceptive.
Boy, you go any further than that, you'
ve just
hung yourself up in a nice little
brass mystery and there you'll be, going around with a lamp looking into the dark corners and wondering what you're being
mystified about.
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64) (slang) military officers of high
rank.
(informal) very important jobs. And as a
matter of
fact, several
chaps who have gone through our organizations and so forth are now
holding down big brass in some very interesting corporations.
fraudulent; deceptive.
Boy, you go any further than that, you'
ve just
hung yourself up in a nice little
brass mystery and there you'll be going around with a lamp looking into the dark corners and wondering what you're being
mystified about. TStudying
Data Assimilation (9 July 64)